Sharding Mongodb
Sharding is a method for distributing data across multiple machines. MongoDB uses sharding to support deployments with very large data sets and high throughput operations.(more...)
2020-11-20
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Blog Posts
The Silliness of a Group
Recently we had a quick online tutorial for Mural, a way of collaborating online with a group. It’s often used for design, but it can be used for brainstorming...
2020-11-20
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Adding a user to an Azure SQL DB
Creating a user is simple right? Yes and no. First of all, at least in SSMS it appears you don’t ... Continue reading
2020-11-19 (first published: 2020-11-05)
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Announcing EightKB 2021
The first EightKB back in July was a real blast. Five expert speakers delivered mind-melting content to over 1,000 attendees! We were honestly blown away by how successful the...
2020-11-19
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Announcing EightKB 2021
The first EightKB back in July was a real blast. Five expert speakers delivered mind-melting content to over 1,000 attendees!
We were honestly blown away by how successful the first...
2020-11-19
11 reads
Daily Coping 19 Nov 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-11-19
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Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide – Second Edition
Earlier this week I announced the release of a new Power Platform book. While I’m super excited about that book I’m also excited to announce
2020-11-19 (first published: 2020-11-06)
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[Video] Azure SQL Database – Failing Over (Failover Groups)
Quick video showing you how to failover your Azure SQL Database between your primary and secondary location.
2020-11-18
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Daily Coping 18 Nov 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-11-18
21 reads
Monitoring and Tracking SQL Server Blocking & Deadlocks process
Introduction SQL Server deadlock one of the issues that can be happened in any SQL Server, today in this article I will not explain what is Deadlock and How...
2020-11-18 (first published: 2020-11-08)
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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