SQL Rally 2012 Recap and Session Files SQL Rally 2012 was hosted by the North Texas SQL Server User Group. More tha anything, it was nice to be back in the area where I grew up. I was born in Houston, but I grew up in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It really brought back a…
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Whitepaper: Demystify Tempdb Performance & Management
Whitepaper: Demystify Tempdb Performance & Management There are many misconceptions and myths about tempdb and purported best practices are inconsistent at best. It’s hard to know which advice to follow when one resource says to always do it one way and another tells you to always do it the opposite way. Many times, both resources…
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Loading ...Breaking Down TempDB Contention (part 2)
Breaking Down TempDB Contention (part 2) I wrote a somewhat popular script and blog post a while back called Breaking Down TempDB Contention. This post explains how to identify tempdb contention. This past Friday, Jonathan Kehayias (blog|@SQLPoolboy) contacted me about the script. Jonathan said that he thought the math was off just a little bit…
(5 votes, average: 4.60 out of 5) Loading ...Secrets of SQL Server Webcast: TempDB: Performance and Manageability
Secrets of SQL Server Webcast: TempDB: Performance and Manageability Register today for my Secrets of SQL Server webcast on July 13th. TempDB: Performance and Manageability Misconceptions and inconsistent advice on tempDB abounds. Even highly skilled DBAs cannot always agree on how to best configure tempDB. Part of the problem is that there is no single…
(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...Idera ACE Program Members Announced
Idera ACE Program Members Announced Idera announced the lineup for their new ACE (Advisors & Community Educators) Program today, and I’m excited to be on of the Idera ACEs. The new Idera ACEs are established members of the SQL community who are already educators and advisors through various programs. Idera is enabling the ACEs to…
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New Whitepaper: Performance Evaluation of Hosting TempDB on FusionIO A colleague I work with on the PQO* Operations SQL V-Team, Jonathan Foster, has authored and published a whitepaper on using FusionIO SSD drives for tempDB performance in SQL Server. I served as technical reviewer and Jimmy May (blog|@aspiringgeek) from Microsoft’s SQL Cat Team (blog|@SQLCat) and…
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO — Where Are My TempDB Objects?
T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO — Where Are My TempDB Objects? This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #004, hosted this month by Mike Walsh. You are invited to visit his blog to join the party and read more blogs participating in this month’s theme: IO. The question was raised recently in a discussion group…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Breaking Down TempDB Contention
Breaking Down TempDB Contention What is tempDB contention? From the outside looking in, tempDB contention may look like any other blocking. There are two types of contention that tends to plague tempDB’s, especially when the tempDB is not configured to best practices (multiple, equally sized data files, located on a dedicated, high-speed drive, etc.). For…
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My SQL Server Magazine Articles
- Database Mirroring for Disaster Recovery September 16, 2011
- Comparative Review: Database Schema Comparison Tools August 24, 2011
- 3 Log Shipping Techniques June 22, 2011
- Hardening SQL Server June 20, 2011
- Review: ScriptLogic Security Explorer for SQL Server February 8, 2011
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