Big data applications are here to stay. The promise of this technology is the ability to quickly and easily analyze large amounts of data and derive from that analysis changes to customer-facing systems, hopefully at a reasonable cost. So, do these applications really need tuning?
This article describes a way to speed up various file operations performed by SQL Server.
Phil Factor ponders a cull of some of SQL Server's worst-behaving functions.
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Although many professions require judgement and skill, they also require the ability to do many repeated standard procedures in a consistent and methodical manner. For DBAs, standardization involves providing and following checklists, notes and instructions so that the results are predictable, correct and easy to maintain.
Michael Collier takes a look at the key aspects of configuring the diagnostic agent in Microsoft Azure to collect the data you want, and transfer that data to storage on a schedule you define.
SQL Server 2014 has a number of new DMVs, and some changes from SQL Server 2012. What are the new views and changes, and how can be useful to you?
When facing a problem you aren't sure you can solve, keep working on it and believe in yourself.
What happens if your database deployment goes awry? Grant Fritchey has some troubleshooting advice to get you out of a bind.
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
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If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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