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  • RE: SQL Server Cache removed

    Leave it alone. You have no memory issues and the cache is small. Why do you want to mess around?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/5/2011)


    6K posts / year = 500 /month = ±25 per business day. That's 25 items on your todo list that you cross EVERY DAY, for someone...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: SQL Server Cache removed

    Generally never, unless you have very specific problems and know exactly what you're doing.

    The only time you'd consider that is with lots and lots of ad-hoc plans causing problems other...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/6/2011)


    Was it you Gail that said you don't even make 1$ / hour on your articles (this site pays 25$ / article)?

    Wasn't me, but it's very true. What Steve...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Tuning a view to avoid pageIO_Latch_SH locks

    A PageIOLatch is an IO subsystem wait. Means you're pulling more data than the drives can handle. To fix that you need to reduce the amount of data that the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I loved this:

    Craig Farrell (8/5/2011)


    However, if the majority of people in the industry (not your neighborhood, the industry in general) need to ask 'Who are you?'... you've got your answer...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How to Become MVP?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/5/2011)


    And then you do your own work + presentations (at your own expanse, travel, hotel & all). And your blog... and answer e-mails from those blog posts...

    And you...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How allocation happens internally ?

    Oracle_91 (8/6/2011)


    When does a PFS page actually gets created?

    They're regularly spaced through the file, so it'll either be when the file grows or the first time SQL need to allocate...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Database does not stay Shrunked!

    shrinking causes severe fragmentation. To fix fragmentation, SQL needs free space in the database.

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/09/08/shrinking-databases/

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (8/5/2011)


    GilaMonster (8/5/2011)


    Anyone want to 'help' out here? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1155386-391-1.aspx

    p.s. if you go to his blog, several posts have pieces copy-paste from a Microsoft webpage, no attribution

    Yeah - I actually recently...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    It was hit "I see that on expert's blogs. Why shouldn't I have it?" that got me.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Using SQL Server 2005 for 2008 exams

    meridius10 (8/5/2011)


    Can I just have a minimal express version if I'm thinking of doing 70-433 or 70-432?

    Express doesn't have a whole lot of features, again, you can, but then there...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Testing box for sql servers

    Developer is completely equivalent to Enterprise (for 2008) in all features (there's nothing in Enterprise that's not in Developer), it's just not licensed for production usage.

    Or you could use the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Database does not stay Shrunked!

    Index rebuilds?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Anyone want to 'help' out here? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1155386-391-1.aspx

    p.s. if you go to his blog, several posts have pieces copy-paste from a Microsoft webpage, no attribution

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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