SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2 Available at PASS 2011 Summit
Volume 2 of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book is now available for pre-order from Amazon and from Manning....
2011-09-24
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Glenn Berry
September 2011 SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Its been a couple of months since I have released an updated version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information...
2011-09-21
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Microsoft Releases Two Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008
Sticking to their eight week release cycle, Microsoft has released two different Cumulative Updates (CU) for SQL Server 2008. The...
2011-09-20
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Slides For My 24 Hours of PASS Session
The slide deck for my session Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware is available here. There are still twelve...
2011-09-07
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24 Hours of PASS on September 7
Just in case you forgot, I wanted to remind everyone that the free, 24 Hours of PASS online event starts...
2011-09-06
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OT: Rant About Mail-in Rebates For Computer Hardware
As you may know from reading my blog, I buy quite a bit of computer hardware components from places like...
2011-09-04
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Geekbench 2.2 Released
Primate Labs has released Geekbench 2.2.0, which is a free upgrade for Geekbench 2.1.x users. The release notes are here.
Here...
2011-09-01
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SQL Server Hardware Choices Made Easy
Redgate has released a free eBook that I wrote called SQL Server Hardware Choices Made Easy. This is basically a...
2011-08-29
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New Dell Precision M4600 Mobile Workstation
After a very long wait, I finally received my new company laptop this past week, which is a very fast...
2011-08-28
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A Couple of Data Compression Tricks in SQL Server 2008
As I have said several times before, I am a big fan of data compression in SQL Server 2008 and...
2011-08-23
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Server-Level Row Counts for Tables and Views
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization vs. Parameter Sniffing: What SQL Server Fixes and What It Doesn't
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Hyperscale Replicas I
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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