Presentation Slides For Hardware 201 at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs
I will be giving my Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Hardware for OLTP Performance presentation at SQLSaturday #66 at 1:30PM...
2011-02-12
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Glenn Berry
Windows Instant File Initialization and SQL Server
One Windows setting that I think is extremely important for SQL Server usage is the “Perform volume maintenance tasks” right,...
2011-02-11
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Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc announced the upcoming availability of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 on...
2011-02-09
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Promoted to MSDB Rockstar Blogger
I just found out this morning that I was promoted from TempDB to MSDB on Thomas LaRock’s (blog|Twitter) Rockstar blogger...
2011-02-07
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Five DMV Queries That Will Make You a Superhero in 2011!
Way back in January, 2008, I wrote a blog post called “Five DMV Queries That Will Make You A Superhero!”...
2011-02-04
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February 2011 Version of SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Wow, it is already February 2011, so here are the February 2011 versions of the SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information...
2011-02-02
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Building an Extremely Power Efficient Intel Sandy Bridge Desktop System
Since I have a 3.15Kw grid-tied Solar PV System on the roof of my house in Parker, I pay pretty...
2011-01-31
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Microsoft Support Policies for Windows Server and SQL Server
Microsoft provides ten years of support (five years Mainstream Support and five years Extended Support) at the supported service pack...
2011-01-31
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My Thoughts on the Intel Sandy Bridge Chipset Recall
I awoke this morning to see a number of stories breaking about the Intel Sandy Bridge H67/P67 Chipset Recall. I...
2011-01-31
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Speaking at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta on March 5
I just got the notification that I will be one of the speakers at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta on...
2011-01-28
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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