The Importance of a Business Recovery Plan
Recently I was in one of those chain restaurants (the middle-priced, sit-down types) and shortly after we got there, we...
2011-06-06
1,899 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Re-Focusing the Blog a Bit
In recent weeks I've strayed pretty much all over the map with respect to topics. I have another blog, the...
2011-06-01
737 reads
Project Management: Dedicated vs. Shared Resources
As an infrastructure type person, I typically represent a "shared" resource. What that means is I'm not dedicated to just...
2011-05-13
18,867 reads
You Are Responsible for You
Steve Jones wrote an editorial yesterday called The Poor Soul. It talked about being thrown into a responsibility one didn't...
2011-05-12
737 reads
Vote for My PASS Summit Sessions
Yes, this is absolutely a shameless post for self-promotion. However, since potential attendees get to offer input into what sessions...
2011-05-11
957 reads
Dealing with Frustration in the Workplace
Inevitably, even if we work for ourselves, we get frustrated with our workplace. This is true of all aspects of...
2011-05-11
3,031 reads
Know Your Limits
A little over a week ago I roughed up my back moving sound equipment after a ministry event. I have...
2011-05-10
1,711 reads
I Won't Be at SQL Rally
I am excited about the SQL Rally event that's coming up next week. However, I won't be there. I've been...
2011-05-05
863 reads
My PASS Summit Submissions
Following Andy Leonard's (blog | twitter) footsteps, here are my PASS Summit submissions. I decided to go a little different this...
2011-05-05
788 reads
Outlook Productivity Tricks
I have a love/hate relationship with Outlook. It's the required email client at work and because it interfaces with so...
2011-05-05
2,103 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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