Intel Nehalem-EX and Database Performance
Intel is talking about the upcoming launch of the next generation Intel Xeon processor (Nehalem-EX) being bigger than the Xeon...
2010-01-18
873 reads
Glenn Berry
The Energy Detective TED 5000 Installed And Working
Back in October, I ordered one of the new TED 5000 energy monitors directly from Energy, Inc. in Charleston, SC....
2010-01-16
825 reads
Second Shot Promotion For Microsoft Certification Exams
Microsoft and Prometric have renewed their Second Shot promotion for certification exams. This allows you to retake a failed exam...
2010-01-16
917 reads
PASS 2009 Speaker Evaluation Scores
Since quite a few PASS 2009 speakers have gone public with their speaker evaluation scores, I might as well do...
2010-01-15
778 reads
Using Synthetic Benchmarks To Help Evaluate Database Server Hardware Choices
As a DBA, I think it is very important to stay current on trends in x64 based hardware. The DBA...
2010-01-15
739 reads
Installing SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2
There is a recent post on the Microsoft SQL Server Support Blog about how to get SQL Server 2008 and...
2010-01-12
1,485 reads
Intel Intelligent Home Energy Management
Last week at CES 2010, Intel showed off a proof of concept device for a home energy management dashboard. This...
2010-01-12
1,001 reads
Kevin Cox from SQLCAT Presenting at the Denver SQL Server User’s Group On January 21, 2010
Kevin Cox, who is part of the SQLCAT Team at Microsoft, will be giving the presentation at this month’s Denver...
2010-01-11
823 reads
New HTPC Build with 32nm Intel Core i3 530
Since Intel announced and released the new 32nm Core i3 processors and compatible H55 chipset, Socket 1156 motherboards this week,...
2010-01-09
2,983 reads
Time to Upgrade from SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 RTM
Microsoft’s Bob Ward posted to remind everyone that SQL Server 2005 SP2 support ends on January 12, 2010, and SQL...
2010-01-08
710 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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