I had the chance to give two presentations at SQLSaturday #201 in Huntington Beach, CA on April 20, 2013. The first one was Dr. DMV and the second one was Hardware 201: Selecting Database Hardware. Just in case you have any problem getting the decks from the SQLSaturday web site, I have links to the [...]
Glenn Berry
Semi-random musings about SQL Server performance
SQLSaturday #201 Slide Decks
Posted on: April 22, 2013 1:43 pm
Speaking at SQLSaturday #201 in Orange County on April 19-20
Posted on: March 24, 2013 3:43 pm
I will be speaking on both Friday and Saturday (April 19-20) at SQLSaturday #201 in Orange County, California. I will be delivering a full day pre-con on Friday, and then doing both Hardware 201 and Dr. DMV on Saturday. Here is the abstract for my pre-con: Scaling SQL Server 2012 How can you scale SQL [...]
Speaking at SQLSaturday #197 in Omaha on April 5-6
Posted on: March 22, 2013 4:32 pm
I will be speaking on both Friday and Saturday (April 5-6) at SQLSaturday #197 in Omaha, Nebraska. I will be delivering a full day pre-con on Friday, and then doing Hardware 201 on Saturday. Here is the abstract for my pre-con: Scaling SQL Server 2012 How can you scale SQL Server 2012? Scaling up is [...]
More Courses from SQLskills on Pluralsight!
Posted on: January 11, 2013 5:42 pm
Late this afternoon, two more SQLskills authored courses went live on Pluralsight. The first one is from me, which is SQL Server 2012: Installation and Configuration, while the second one is from my colleague Joe Sack, who authored SQL Server: Troubleshooting Query Plan Quality Issues . With these two courses being available, that makes 13 [...]
Top 10 Learning Resources for Accidental DBAs
Posted on: December 3, 2012 11:57 am
So what should you do if you are an “accidental DBA”, who ends up dealing with SQL Server in some capacity on a regular basis without the benefit of any training or experience? What if you are what I like to call a “captive DBA”, because you must install, maintain, and support some other Microsoft [...]
