PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter Open Q&A – 1/13
Next Wednesday, January 13th, at 1pm Eastern the PASSVirtualization Virtual Chapter will be holding an open questions and answers session on...
2016-01-05
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
New Whitepaper – SQL Server Licensing Reduction
Poor storage performance continues to be the largest pain point with enterprise Database Administrators in today’s virtual world. However, it...
2015-12-17
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Giving Thanks Around the Holidays
In the West, the holiday season summons different memories and plans for different people. The thought of gorging on a...
2015-12-25 (first published: 2015-12-15)
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SQL Cruise Caribbean 2016 is almost here!
Want to get out of the winter blues and into some warmer weather for some deep SQL Server training? Join...
2015-12-07
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Webinar – Lowering SQL Server Licensing Costs
On Tuesday, December 15th, Bala Narasimhan and I are presenting a webinar where we will walk through real-world examples that...
2015-12-02
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Summon Blue Screens of Death (for testing purposes only, of course)
Today I had a need to manually trigger and sustain a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) inside a Windows Server...
2015-11-30
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Question: Single SQL Server VM on One Host Justifications
Earlier this week I received a great question from a friend, and read something like this.
Hi David,I usually recommend people...
2015-11-11
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PASS Summit 2015 Wrap Up
Last week’s PASS Summit conference in Seattle, WA was incredible (as always). It’s my favorite tech event of the year,...
2015-11-09
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Interview with PernixData on Database Performance Challenges
I recently recorded an interview with PernixData where he discusses some of the largest challenges with virtualized databases, and talks about...
2015-10-30 (first published: 2015-10-21)
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Webinar with PernixData – Tuesday at 1PM Pacific
Join PernixData and me tomorrow at 1PM Pacific for a webinar discussing an exciting technology from PernixData!
In-memory computing is gaining...
2015-10-19
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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