My latest article on Simple-Talk was published this morning.  In this article I dig into the actual meaning of one of the performance counters I often see mentioned on the forums, but in a completely incorrect context.

Great SQL Server Debates: Buffer Cache Hit Ratio

After a recent discussion about Lock Pages in Memory on Twitter, I wrote an article that talks about the history of Lock Pages in Memory and the differing opinions on the appropriate usage of Lock Pages in Memory for 64 bit instances of SQL Server. 

Great SQL Server Debates: Lock Pages in Memory

Thanks to Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) and Glenn Berry (Blog|Twitter) for their part in discussing this on twitter, by email, and for reviewing the article before I submitted it.