We all (should) know that running SQL Server in hyperconverged virtual environments, both on-premises and in the cloud, has some interesting trade-offs. The biggest is write latency from the...
2022-12-09 (first published: 2022-11-25)
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I’m proud to be a part of the SQL Server communities globally. I do everything I can do to give back when I can. Too many times, I feel...
2022-12-02 (first published: 2022-11-15)
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You’re invited! I’m thrilled to be co-presenting a session on the top five SQL Server virtual machine performance tuning tips with our friends at Sanity Solutions on July 21st...
2022-07-13 (first published: 2022-06-25)
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We’ve been tracking a weird state with SQL Server virtual machines on VMware and possible warnings on database corruption while VM backups are running, largely centered around (but not...
2022-06-10 (first published: 2022-05-18)
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I am thrilled to have been a part of this year’s Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week of March. This event is...
2022-05-17
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I am thrilled to have been a part of this year’s Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week of March. This event is...
2022-05-16
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I am thrilled to have been a part of this year’s Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week of March. This event is...
2022-05-04
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Have you ever wondered why Windows Server doesn’t show disk performance metrics in Task Manager, but your Windows 10/11 OS does? It’s a really silly difference. Let’s fix that....
2022-05-06 (first published: 2022-04-26)
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I live my life in the field of information technology. Most of the topics that I work with are making databases speedy and more readily available. As such, most...
2022-05-04 (first published: 2022-04-25)
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I’m thrilled to be presenting the second part of a four-part webinar series with ActualTech Media called “Optimizing SQL Server on VMware Data Protection and Disaster Recovery” this Friday,...
2022-03-14
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By Kevin3NF
The Two-Layer Model Explained “We added them to the database, but they still can’t...
By Steve Jones
Someone sent me this code. WITH p AS ( SELECT ID, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER...
Wondering which database to tackle first? I’ve got the lowdown on the top free...
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I attempted to use ALTER DATABASE to remove a file from my filegroup in SQL Server 2022. There are 4 files in this filegroup, but I don't need them all. However, I received a message that the file was not empty. How do I empty this file so it can be removed?
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