Monthly Archives: December 2010

Quick MCM Prep Help

Posted on December 31, 2010 by way0utwest

Before I went on vacation, I mentioned I was downloading some of the MCM videos from Technet.I had grabbed 4 or 5 before I left, dropping the MP3s on my iPhone, and I listened to a few of them on … Continue reading →

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Enjoying the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2010 by way0utwest

The last 5 or 6 years, on this day, my family has gotten together with friends for an evening of games and fun at Dave and Busters before returning home for some movies or Rock Band until the wee hours … Continue reading →

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MCM Prep – VLF Allocations

Posted on December 30, 2010 by way0utwest

I had heard that you could have too many VLFs in your transaction log, and it could cause performance issues. Kimberly Tripp has a great blog on how to get better performance from your log, but until I was studying … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Community

Posted on December 30, 2010 by way0utwest

Usually at the end of each year I try to look back at the previous year in the database world.  This past year seems to have been an amazing year for the SQL Community and for me it has been … Continue reading →

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