Time-Series Data Analysis with Apache Druid
Learn the basics of Apache Druid and how it can be used to ingest data into a data lake.
2023-11-10
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Management Data Warehouse
Removing the SQL Server Management Data Warehouse
SQL Server 2008 introduced a new feature, Management Data Warehouse (MDW), which allows users to collect metrics on their servers over time to aid in performance troubleshooting. A lot of people try this feature out, because it is easy to set up, and then find that it is not so easy to remove. In fact, removing MDW is not supported; in SQL Server 2012, though, a new system stored procedure was added to make this process easier. The problem is that this stored procedure (as well as several of the workarounds I've seen published) can leave several objects behind.
2012-08-09
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Analyzing Product Growth with the Management Data Warehouse
This article presents a case study of using the Management Data Warehouse feature in SQL Server 2008 to analyze disk usage trends by product.
2010-11-29
3,910 reads
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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