I’m starting a new tradition:

Before each weekend, I will post links to the best SQL Server stuff i’ve read, heard and watched, as well as to other interesting stuff. Each category will usually have 3-5 links, depending on my pace and focus on that week.

Below are the links for this week:

Blogs/Articles

1. Thomas Larock – How To Survive Any Database Disaster

2. Paul Randel – DBCC CHECKDB scalability and performance benchmarking on SSDs

3. Kendra Little - DBAs vs Devs: ORMs, Caching & Access to Prod
4. Guy Glantser - What is the Real Performance Impact of Triggers?
5. The Data Loading Performance Guide

Podcasts

1. Grant Fritchey on People Talking Tech and on SQL Down Under
2. Steven Murawski Explores the StackExchange Infrastructure on RunAs Radio
3. Allan Hirt on SQL Down Under

Videos

1. Analysis Services (Tabular) on MSBI Academy

2. Brent Ozar - Bad SQL Server Advice for DBAs
3. Erin Stellato – Moving from SQL Trace to XEvents

Non – SQL Stuff

1. 26 Time Management Hacks
2. Your Job Might Be Killing You