Video: Bringing Together Databases, Virtualization and Storage
Bala Narasimhan, Vice President of Products from PernixData, and I recently sat down and discussed the convergence of infrastructure, SQL Server,...
2015-05-07
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
Automating Storage Benchmarking with DiskSpd and PowerShell
My recent post on using the new DiskSpd utility to help you benchmark your storage is a great primer on how...
2015-05-14 (first published: 2015-05-05)
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Elite VMware SQL Server Workshop Wrapup
This past week I had the pleasure of being part of the second SQL Server virtualization workshop held by VMware....
2015-04-30
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Upcoming SQL Saturday Precon Sessions
I have two exciting SQL Saturday preconference training sessions coming up in the month of May!
The first is my Virtualization...
2015-04-27
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Availability Group WSFC Failovers During VM Movement
If you experience a WSFC failover during a VMware vMotion / Hyper-V Live Migration with your virtualized SQL Servers when using Availability...
2015-04-23
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Speaking at IT/Dev Connections
I am very happy to announce that I will be presenting two sessions at this year’s IT/Dev Connections conference in Las Vegas!...
2015-04-21
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Heraflux is Hiring
I’m proud to announce my company, Heraflux Technologies, is looking to fill the position for Vice President of Business Development....
2015-04-17
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HammerDB Performance Collection with SQL Server
Recently, my friend Mike Fal ( b | t ) released a PowerShell script that can sample the counter inside SQL Server that...
2015-04-15
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Journey to Becoming a Consultant – Webinar Wrap up
Today I presented a new session on the various paths to becoming a consultant to the PASSProfessional Development Virtual Chapter....
2015-04-09
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Journey to Being a Consultant – Webinar Today
Today at 11am Central time I will be presenting a new session entitled “Journey to Being a Consultant” for the...
2015-04-08
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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