Where are my 32-bit Perfmon Counters?
I have run into this before, but not in this same way, so I decided it would be worth writing...
2014-05-05 (first published: 2014-04-23)
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Why does my Failover Cluster Instance Keep Failing Back and Forth?
A few months ago I was paged by a client because their SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) was experiencing...
2014-04-25 (first published: 2014-04-17)
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I Know I Shouldn't Shrink My Log file, BUT...
As a managed services DBA, I frequently have to clean up after other people's mistakes. (Come to think of it,...
2014-04-03
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We Are Hiring!
My employer Ntirety (a division of HOSTING) is currently looking for multiple SQL Server DBA's. As you have probably seen...
2014-03-31
1,228 reads
Backup Checksums and Trace Flag 3023
One of the items I always flag when performing a health check on a server is whether backups are being...
2014-03-28 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Error 701 - Insufficient System Memory - Now what?
This story begins, as so many often do, with a few key elements:1) A client who experienced a problem on...
2014-03-26 (first published: 2014-03-20)
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A New Day at #Ntirety
We - the rank-and-file employees at Ntirety - received word yesterday that we had been acquired by Hosting, a cloud and network...
2014-03-18
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Why Did My Job Fail Anyway?
One of my biggest pet peeves when I check a new SQL Server for a client is the fact that...
2014-03-12
1,057 reads
Working From Home
I have been working 100% from home for almost four months now, and one of my former coworkers recently hit...
2014-02-22
533 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Always Hedge Your Bets
It's time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this month's host is my former co-worker, the @SQLRNNR himself, Jason Brimhall. Jason's...
2014-02-11
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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The New Wave of Security Threats
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How to Calculate Distance Between Coordinates in SQL Server
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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