I get what you are saying, I just disagree with how you are saying it. I personally have a problem with finding who is "to blame" for a problem/mistake/error....

This may be one of the scariest statements I have seen in a while. I...

Anyone else having any ideas?

Interesting. It seems in 2012 visible and target will report the exact same numbers. The 2008 documentation says they can report different numbers. On both the production...

Yeah I dont know. That is one thing I was wondering as well is if bpool_visible would increase after the buffer pool started getting filled with data. Once...

Nothing else is running on the server. It is a dedicated SQL Server box. No SSIS, SSRS, etc. No, I cannot account for the missing 18Gb (difference...

I am wondering because bpool_visible is the number of 8K pages that are accesible to the buffer pool. If max server memory is set to 186GB then I would...

At this time, we are only considering full-time, on-site support.

I have to mostly disagree with this statement. I think anyone with more than 2-3...

Just wanted to let everyone know the position is still open for anyone that is interested.

I think most senior level DBA's are happily employeed and, if not, are snatched up relatively quickly.

We have had a mid to junior level position open for the...

Craig, I just went back and looked at the job posting and it already contains "or equivalent experience" when referring to educational requirements.

Hey Craig,

Thanks for the comments and will take into account your suggestions. We may even change the posting to reflect that a degree is preferred instead of required....

Hey Craig,

I would be more than happy to try and answer your question. I agree with you completely about the importance of the relationship between the engine and syntax....

I don't disagree that having the correct nonclustered index will produce better results but the current index seems to be pretty selective. Not knowing how many services there are,...