Kevin Kline and Sumeet Bansal presented a session talking about a very high volume customer and some lessons-learned regarding working in this environment. The volume was such that the standard things you might think about, from spindles to CPU to RAM just became ineffective. I learned a lot about the physical limitations of hardware (it’s going to be very tough […]
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Squishy Limits in SQL Server Express Edition
(Kevin Kline) It’s an old story you’ve probably heard before. Provide a free version of your software product with strict limitations on performance or other specific capabilities so that folks can give it a try without risk, while you minimize the chance of cannibalizing sales of your commercial p
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)
(Kevin Kline) The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a powerful tool that reviews the configuration and settings of your SQL Server 2012 instances. In addition, the tool highlights settings that differ from best practice recommendations.
Quick Tip – Speed a Slow Restore from the Transaction Log
(Kevin Kline) During some restore operations on Microsoft SQL Server, the transaction log redo step might be taking an unusually long time. Depending somewhat on the version and edition of SQL Server you’ve installed, you may be able to increase performance by tinkering with the readahead performan
Building a Database Systems Bookshelf
Building a Database Systems Bookshelf By Craig Mullins Achieving success working with a database system can be a difficult task. In order to prosper you must have an inquisitive mind and an on-going desire to learn. In this day-and-age of frugality and meager training budgets, much of your education will be self-taught. One of the most cost-effective ways to learn...
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Microsoft Azure Achieves Certifications I get tweets from Kevin Kline frequently…and this one he re-tweeted from Buck Woody about the Microsoft Azure platform I felt worthy of passing on. Microsoft has been working to achieve compliance in their Azure systems with many different standards. In this announcement Microsoft is now offering Azure users a Business Associates Agreement regarding their compliance […]
Flexibility When Waiting on Locks
(Kevin Kline) Speaking at a recent SQL Saturday, an attendee in one of my sessions wanted to know how they could more flexibly react to locks on their application than to wait for blocks to occur and then kill the SPID at the head of the blocking chain.
Azure Table Storage
Azure Table Storage For those of you looking into NoSQL engines, Windows Azure Table Storage is another player in the mix. The main difference between Windows Azure Table Storage and other engines is that it is only supported inside the Windows Azure platform. If you wish to use it outside of Windows Azure, it is not available. How does it […]
Azure Table Storage
Azure Table Storage For those of you looking into NoSQL engines, Windows Azure Table Storage is another player in the mix. The main difference between Windows Azure Table Storage and other engines is that it is only supported inside the Windows Azure platform. If you wish to use it outside of Windows Azure, it is not available. How does it […]
Is it Time for ORMs?
SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop On the show today we have Kevin Kline as he shares his thoughts on why Big Data is important Watch the Show Is it Time for ORMs? Object Relational Mapping tools have been around for years, and are still a controversial issue. Coming from a DBA background I find them to be both a friend and […]