Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Stripe Size, Block Size, and IO Patterns
If you have been following this series we have covered system buses, hard disks, host bus adapters and RAID. Along...
2010-01-04
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Is it a problem if I don’t blog?
I’ve had a few people ask me this question. It’s the new year, many people are making New Year’s resolutions,...
2010-01-04
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Sometimes the tools don’t work
We have a lot of administrative tools for SQLServerCentral that are available online. Most of the work I do can...
2010-01-04
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Early Reviews of New Intel 32nm Desktop and Mobile CPUs
Well, now that the holidays are over and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is nearly upon us, we are starting...
2010-01-04
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Almost Back from Vacation
I’ve been ‘on vacation’ for two weeks and it’s been nice to relax. I wasn’t able to unplug entirely, but...
2010-01-04
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Upgrading the SSC SQL Servers: Part 2
Since I wrote the first part of this blog series, SQLServerCentral.com (SSC) SQL Servers have been upgraded, and performance is...
2010-01-03
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Denver SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on January 21
The Denver SQL Server User’s Group will be having their January meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2010. The meeting will...
2010-01-03
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Indexes in Sql server
Indexes-Indexing is way to sort and search records in the table. It will improve the speed of locating and retrieval...
2010-01-03
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Difference between Clustered Index and Non clustered Index
Indexes-Indexing is way to sort and search records in the table. It will improve the speed of locating and retrieval...
2010-01-03
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A Year In Review
It’s been a busy year for me. Last year I quit traveling and took a 8 to 5 job so...
2010-01-02
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Blogs
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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