About me
I have been developing software from my early teens and stayed with technology after leaving school. Initially focussing on software development, networking and IT support type roles, I found...
2017-05-03
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SQL Server Rocks!
VirtualBox SQL FCI - Given Network Name Is Unusable
The other day I needed to test some HADR requirements on my local machine so using VirtualBox, I created a...
2017-04-19
2,710 reads
VirtualBox SQL FCI – Given Network Name Is Unusable
The other day I needed to test some HADR requirements on my local machine so using VirtualBox, I created a 2 server Windows 2012 R2 failover cluster with shared...
2017-04-19
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Moved blog to Ghost
Another year, another blog update lol!... Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS...
2017-04-12
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Moved blog to Ghost
Another year, another blog update lol!… Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS software on the DiscountASP hosting platform and it all...
2017-04-12
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Apologies in advance
This is a quick post to apologise in advance if all my historical blog posts get republished.
Recently it appears that...
2017-04-06
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Olcot and Arratoon Ancestry
I have spent a fair amount of time researching the Olcot and Arratoon ancestry and I am very interested in the family tree, especially pre 1900 in India. If...
2017-04-03
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Pluralsight = Essential Training
Edit (11-Sep-2016) See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post
I've been aware of Pluralsight for a...
2016-09-11
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Pluralsight = Essential Training
Edit (11-Sep-2016) See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post I’ve been aware of Pluralsight for a couple of years and as I’m always looking...
2016-09-11
7 reads
Update duplicate xml attribute values to unique value
I was going through some really old blogging ideas and I stumbled over this one and seeing as I love...
2016-06-23
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Blogs
TempDB Performance Tuning in SQL Server 2022 vs 2016 vs 2019
By Rohit Garg
What Is TempDB and Why It Matters TempDB is a shared system database in SQL...
Optimize Azure Fabric Pipelines with This Key Spark Setting
By Daniel Janik
Boost Your Azure Fabric Pipelines: Don’t Overlook This Crucial Spark Setting Are your Azure...
SQL Server Post-Install Configurations
By Kevin3NF
The SQL Server installer has gotten better: tempdb configuration, MAXDOP, and even max memory...
Forums
How a Legacy Logic Choked SQL Server in a 30-Year-Old Factory
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Capacity Planning for an Existing SQL Server Workload?
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Connecting to PostgreSQL with Node.js
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Question of the Day
Capacity Planning for an Existing SQL Server Workload?
You're tasked with planning capacity for a new SQL Server database workload. Which of the following is the most accurate way to determine how much CPU, memory, and I/O throughput your workload requires? What single or multiple tools would you use to answer the questions around resource needs?
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