Where are my 32-bit Perfmon Counters?
I have run into this before, but not in this same way, so I decided it would be worth writing...
2014-05-05 (first published: 2014-04-23)
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Why does my Failover Cluster Instance Keep Failing Back and Forth?
A few months ago I was paged by a client because their SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) was experiencing...
2014-04-25 (first published: 2014-04-17)
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I Know I Shouldn't Shrink My Log file, BUT...
As a managed services DBA, I frequently have to clean up after other people's mistakes. (Come to think of it,...
2014-04-03
1,971 reads
We Are Hiring!
My employer Ntirety (a division of HOSTING) is currently looking for multiple SQL Server DBA's. As you have probably seen...
2014-03-31
1,224 reads
Backup Checksums and Trace Flag 3023
One of the items I always flag when performing a health check on a server is whether backups are being...
2014-03-28 (first published: 2014-03-25)
3,602 reads
Error 701 - Insufficient System Memory - Now what?
This story begins, as so many often do, with a few key elements:1) A client who experienced a problem on...
2014-03-26 (first published: 2014-03-20)
9,532 reads
A New Day at #Ntirety
We - the rank-and-file employees at Ntirety - received word yesterday that we had been acquired by Hosting, a cloud and network...
2014-03-18
584 reads
Why Did My Job Fail Anyway?
One of my biggest pet peeves when I check a new SQL Server for a client is the fact that...
2014-03-12
1,057 reads
Working From Home
I have been working 100% from home for almost four months now, and one of my former coworkers recently hit...
2014-02-22
531 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Always Hedge Your Bets
It's time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this month's host is my former co-worker, the @SQLRNNR himself, Jason Brimhall. Jason's...
2014-02-11
718 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers