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Thirty Hours at Home

Posted on April 8, 2013 by way0utwest

This is a busy travel week for me, and one of those times that stresses out everyone in the household. I attended SQL Saturday #197 – Omaha over the weekend, arriving home Sunday morning from my trip. I had a … Continue reading →

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Reminders and Rehearsal

Posted on April 2, 2013 by way0utwest

I’ve spoken at quite a few SQL Saturday events. I won’t hit 50 this year, like Kevin Boles, but by my count, I’ve been to 21, with 4 or 5 more coming this year.  I have no idea when I’ll … Continue reading →

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The DBA Team #1–Code and Slides

Posted on March 27, 2013 by way0utwest

Our first DBA Team event, in Richmond, VA just before SQL Saturday #187 went well. Overall I think our experiment was a success and we’re already talking about where and when we might do this again. In the meantime, we … Continue reading →

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What Do You Want to Know About I/O?

Posted on March 27, 2013 by way0utwest

There’s lots I want to know. What affect does an SSD have if I use it for a log file? One of my filegroups with indexes? What about tempdb? How do you dig in and prove latency to the storage … Continue reading →

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