Combating the CXPacket Wait Type
Often, when DBAs are looking at total wait statistics on the servers they manage, CXPacket is at or near the top of...
2015-03-24 (first published: 2015-03-17)
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Adam Kreul | Blog
Making Sense of PCIe SSD Use with SQL Server
When Fusion IO burst onto the scene in 2007, offering a PCIe card that was said to be able to...
2015-03-16 (first published: 2015-03-10)
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Configuring a Complete Memory Dump
Imagine this scenario: One of your servers just crashed, and you open a ticket with Microsoft for them to perform...
2014-11-06
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Database Maintenance Plans: A Primer
Databases and newborns have a lot in common. They both require constant care. They both require constant monitoring. They also...
2014-10-20 (first published: 2014-10-14)
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Why I’m Not Excited About Hekaton (In-Memory OLTP)
A while back I had written a post about why I’m excited about Hekaton (now called ‘In-Memory OLTP’ – not sure...
2014-09-22 (first published: 2014-09-17)
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A CLR Application: Deleting Three Billion Rows
In one of SQL Server Central’s recent daily newsletters, Steve Jones’s editorial was inquiring whether or not anyone has been...
2014-03-06
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Fight Career Frustration With Learning
If you work in IT, the office becomes your second home. It’s where we make a living, and most of...
2014-03-11 (first published: 2014-02-28)
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I’m on Twitter! @AdamKreul
I’m just a little late to the party, but no time like the present, right? I plan to be very...
2014-02-15
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Make Your Storage Administrator Your Best Friend
That guy or gal over there going on and on about spindles and IOPS – that’s your SAN admin. For the...
2014-02-17 (first published: 2014-02-12)
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Configuring the RecycleTime SSRS Setting
If you administer a SQL Server Reporting Services server, chances are you’ve had users complain the report manager is loading...
2013-11-07
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Extended Events in Azure Data Studio
I know I can use extended events (xevents) in Azure SQL DB when in...
Azure Workbooks
I’m saddened that the Workspace Summary is being deprecated in Log Analytics Workspace. I...
SQL Prompt Tips–Using $surroundtext$ in a Snippet
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A user on the SQL Community Slack was asking about what the $surroundtext$ variable....
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