Using database snapshots
Three weeks ago I kicked off a survey about using database snapshots – see here – because I don’t really know how much they’re used or
Three weeks ago I kicked off a survey about using database snapshots – see here – because I don’t really know how much they’re used or
As you may know, I've been teaching the SQL Server portion of the SharePoint MCM since it started. The old database maintenance whitepaper for SharePoint 2007
The Fall conferences are a little earlier this year – October rather than November – and we'll be at both PASS and SQL Connections. We
The July edition of TechNet Magazine is available on the web now and has the latest installment of my regular SQL Q&A column. This month's
This survey is off-topic and was suggested by Justin Dearing (blog|twitter) and I'm curious about the results too so I agreed to run it. We're
Earlier today I took my Mum and Dad to walk around the beautiful Japanese Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum (part of the University of Washington
This is almost our catch phrase. In every class we teach Kimberly and I always say that the answer to every question about SQL Server
We’ve just finalized our Fall line-up of classes, and we’re very excited to introduce two new classes on development and business intelligence. This means SQLskills.com
This is a performance tuning post that's been on my to-do list for quite a while. Wait stats analysis is a great way of looking
About a month ago I kicked off a survey around regularly rebooting SQL Server (see here). There is much debate about rebooting SQL Server (or
As I was writing a quick SQL Server Magazine blog post on database snapshots while waiting for my coffee to brew, I figured it would
Over the last few months I’ve been blogging occasionally about some pretty deep performance tuning topics, namely latches and spinlocks (see my blog categories Wait
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