It’s Not Your Emergency!
The best EMTs and Medics are the ones who realize, “This isn’t my emergency,” early enough. You’ll be a better DBA or technologist the quicker you learn the freedom that…
SQL Server Patching – A Primer
With some of the CU and SP misses that happen, what’s a good schedule for patching a SQL Server? What are some things to do before applying a CU to…
Presenting – What I’ve Learned
So I totally missed the boat on a GREAT T-SQL Tuesday topic – “What’s something you’ve learned while presenting?” But with a twist – something technical, you’ve learned that you…
The Sound of Silence
Oops. I missed a blog post yesterday (Saturday). In fairness, I spent the night running around in the first snowstorm of the season trying to get ready for it (somehow…
On Intentionality and Making Paths
Yes. I’m writing a short blog post about a simple topic. At least simple at first glance. There’s a certain irony in this being the post topic I’m writing about…
“Are you Overpaying for SQL Server Licensing” Webinar Recap
Earlier this week, SIOS invited me to join them in a webinar over at MSSQL tips. You can watch the webinar recording if you register for it in “OnDemand” mode…
VMware and SQL Server Best Practices.
I wish you knew a few things about VMware and SQL Server performance. These aren’t deep and mysterious secrets. But they’re things we see a lot of folks still missing…
SQL Server: Should I move from Enterprise to Standard?
Do you need SQL Server Enterprise Edition? Maybe. Maybe not. Lately, we’ve been finding more and more folks who can answer that probably not. I’ve lost track of the number…
Cluster Validation – BEWARE!!!
Subtitle: SHAME ON YOU MICROSOFT! This is not a new behavior. It’s not a new risk. It’s the same old risk that’s been in Windows Failover Clustering for quite some…
Inspect Early. Inspect Often.
I almost didn’t get to write this post tonight about a lesson from my farm life for us DBAs. I could have been dealing with a massive headache or a…
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