Azure IaaS Premium Storage Test
I thought I would share the output of some DiskSpd tests that I conducted on Azure VMs that ultimately will...
2016-09-19
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All About SQL
Restoring Azure SQL Database
A major benefit of Azure SQL Database (PaaS) is the fact that Microsoft manages the backups – it’s great because recovering...
2016-09-23 (first published: 2016-09-16)
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More PowerShell for the Azure World
The collection of Azure SQL Database cmdlets can be found at – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt574084.aspx. There are alot, however I tend to use...
2016-09-15
482 reads
PowerShell to create Azure SQL DBs
Recently I have been creating many Azure SQL databases via the portal where I started to find it quite tedious. So...
2016-09-14
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DBCC CHECKFILEGROUP
Well, with the name “blobeater” it was about time I did another post on CHECKDB. This time I want to...
2016-09-14 (first published: 2016-09-13)
1,227 reads
Query Performance Insight
It is really easy getting insight into Query performance within your Azure SQL DB. I think Microsoft have done a...
2016-09-12
759 reads
DBCC HELP
I was going through some online courses and came across Erin Stellato’s Course on DBCC commands.http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/new-course-understanding-and-using-dbcc-commands/ I learnt something new!...
2016-09-09
543 reads
CHECKDB is slow!
Running the usual consistency checks on a database (with a new release code applied from an ISV) I noticed slower...
2016-09-01
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Talking of checkpoint
I was having a conversation with someone over a disgusting vanilla latte and we talked about shutting down a machine...
2016-08-25
189 reads
Do YOU Checksum?
I am going to show you why you should be using checksum options on your backups (and restores). I AM...
2016-08-11
201 reads
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Creating JSON I
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