Tag Archives: hardware

Cool Tech Tools

Posted on June 20, 2011 by way0utwest

Completely off topic from SQL Server, but cool nevertheless. I have been using Skype to communicate with Red Gate on a regular basis for video calls every week. It’s been over a year, and I’ve always had to get my … Continue reading →

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Max Memory

Posted on March 11, 2011 by way0utwest

Recently I upgraded the memory in my laptop. For a few hundred dollars, I went to 16GB of RAM, which means that I can more easily run Virtual Machines without a noticeable slowdown on my system. Combining that with an … Continue reading →

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Disk Partition Alignment–MCM Prep

Posted on January 21, 2011 by way0utwest

Does disk partition alignment matter to SQL Server? Without a doubt. When new disk partitions are created, there could be a reserved set of sectors that could differ across disks because of the way that the hardware interacts. In the … Continue reading →

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Windows Experience on W510

Posted on January 7, 2011 by way0utwest

I toyed with the idea of using the SSD for my main drive, but I’d really like to get the VMs running quicker and in the end decided to use that as my secondary, as the location for the VHD … Continue reading →

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