I recently had an interesting issue with a new SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition instance that was going to be hosting about 200 user databases
I found out on Friday that I will have two speaking slots at the PASS Summit 2015 in Seattle, WA. The annual PASS Summit is
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 RTM CU8, which is Build 12.0.2546. This cumulative update has 38 public hotfixes by my count. This CU may
This month, I have added a new, separate version of these queries for SQL Server 2016. This version will be improved with more SQL Server
There has been quite a bit of leaked news and rumors about several future Intel processor families over the past couple of weeks, from what
I did a live presentation at the May 21, 2015 meeting of the Denver SQL Server User’s Group, which was held at the newly remodeled
I revised a number of the queries this month in just the SQL Server 2012 and 2014 versions of the script. As usual, the main
On May 5, 2015, Intel announced the new E7 v3 Product Family, which is also known as the Haswell-EX, which is meant for four and
I revised several of the queries this month in only the SQL Server 2012 and 2014 versions of the script. As usual, the main enhancements
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 RTM Cumulative Update 7, which is Build 12.0.2495. This cumulative update has 41 public hot fixes, several of which
As of April 18, 2016, there have been thirteen Cumulative Updates (CU) for the RTM branch of SQL Server 2014. There have been a fairly
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) is a specification for accessing solid-state drives (SSDs) attached through the PCI Express (PCIe) bus. It gives lower storage latency and
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