Hardware 301 Presentation

I had the opportunity to present the latest version of Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Server Hardware two times...

Speaking at PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter

I will be speaking at the PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter on February 13, 2013 at 12PM MST. I will...

SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries (Feb 2013)

Here is the February 2013 version of my SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and...

SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Feb 2013)

Here is the February 2013 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 9

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 9, which is build 10.00.5829. As you might expect...

SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (Jan 2013)

Here is the January 2013 version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...

SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Jan 2013)

Here is the January 2013 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...

2012 Blog Statistics in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:
About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every...

SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition Licensing Limits

As you might be aware, SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition has some hardware-related licensing limits that I think should be...

SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Dec 2012)

Here is the December 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...