Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 33 (“Tuple Mover that closes open Delta-Stores”)

Continuation from the previous 32 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
We all love and use Columnstore Segments, but we all kind of...

SQLSaturday Rheinland 2014 Recap

Important disclaimer: I am closely associated with Tillmann Eitelberg & Oliver Engels since I am working with them at OH22.
I am...

SQLSaturday Porto edition 2014 Session Selection Process explained

From the very first SQLSaturday event that I have helped to create (SQLSaturday #78 Portugal), I have always desired to...

Speaking at PASS Summit 2014

Achievement unlocked.
I am more than delighted to announce that I was selected to speak at the upcoming PASS Summit 2014...

Speaking at SQLSaturday Oslo, Norway 2014

I am extremely delighted to announce that I was selected to present a Deep Dive session on Clustered Columnstore Indexes...

Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 32 (“Size Does Matter, but how ?”)

Continuation from the previous 31 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/

The Columnstore Row Group Size Question:
What is better for SQL Server performance:...

Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 31 (“Memory Pressure and Row Group Sizes”)

Continuation from the previous 30 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
This blog post is focusing on one of the most important real...

Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 30 (“Bulk Load API Magic Number”)

Continuation from the previous 29 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
It has been a long time (almost a year) since Microsoft revealed...

Announcing SQLSaturday #341 Porto-wine Edition

I am extremely proud to announce that we are officially working on the SQLSaturday in the second biggest city in...

NodeXL – Accessible Network Graph Analysis, part 3 (Twitter)

This is the third blog post in the series dedicated to the Network Graph Analysis Tool – NodeXL.

If you are interested,...