Precision and Scale

As is the case with many of my topics of late, I came across this one by helping somebody else.  In SQL, we should be well aware of Precision...

Precision and Scale

As is the case with many of my topics of late, I came across this one by helping somebody else....

What I’ve Been Up To Lately

I ran into a friend at a recent event and during the discussion he asked what I was doing lately...

VMFS LUN resizing options in vSphere

Introduction
First off, many thanks to Gethyn for the opportunity to post on his excellent blog.
I’m Christian Dadswell and I...

PASS Update #62

Our most recent Board meeting was Aug 11 & 12 in Ft Lauderdale (located so we could attend SQLSaturday on Saturday)....

Correctness and stress test

Stress test SQL Server for new hardware
 Download SQLIOSim    from http://download.microsoft.com    and install on server.
When detailing the  file location , use the...

Season of Satan - Earthquake, Hurricanes, Jitters & Twitter

I read Andy Leonard's Blog on Earthquakes and Technology, who thought a helicopter was landing in his back yard (LOL), and inspired...

Replication Agent Logging

To troubleshoot replication agent failures, replication agent profiles can be configured to output verbose agent logs to a text file. ...

Prepare Windows 7 to create Hyper-V Virtual lab to implement SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Active/Active Cluster

Prepare Windows 7 to create Hyper-V Virtual lab to implement SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Active/Active Cluster