“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 on their site here. Dave Bermingham joined me on the webinar – he’s a great technologist and a long time Microsoft MVP in cloud and … Read more
VMware and SQL Server Best Practices.
I wish you knew a few things about VMware and SQL Server best practices. If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why does my storage seem slower on my SQL Server VMs?!”, this post may help. We love VMware in our SQL Server consulting practice. But there are some things you should know and do first. These … Read more
SQL Server: Standard vs Enterprise Edition
Do you need SQL Server Enterprise Edition? Maybe. Maybe not. This blog post will help you figure out if you can make the move from SQL Server Enterprise Edition to SQL Server Standard. Lately, we’ve been finding more and more folks who can answer that probably not. I’ve lost track of the number of clients … Read more
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 time. But it’s worse for SQL Server environments that use a Windows failover cluster for an Availability Group – since you are not sharing storage … Read more
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 hurt daughter – or worse. But. I get to write it so that you can learn from our near incident… First A Question How are … Read more
SQL Server In Place Upgrades: Too Expensive?
About eight years ago, I wrote a (kind of long) answer to a DBA. Stackexchange question, “Are SQL Server In-Place upgrades as ill-advised as they used to be?” My summary answer on the top of my tome was: Short Answer – In Place is okay. You can review your configuration afterward and implement the best practices … Read more
Welcome, Sandra Delany!
But First… A Quick Note… “In Times Like These!” Hey There! What a weird time to be announcing a change on the roster. But here I am – announcing a change on the roster!! Straight Path is doing well so far with the shifting economy in these times, and we’ve been working closely with our … Read more
We’re Going to be Okay – The CoVid19 Party Continues…
UPDATE – New Link – https://zoom.us/j/253747327 Please email or DM me on twitter (@mike_walsh on twitter – mike@straightpathsql.com ) for the invite! We are doing a few things to secure this – and Zoom has updated their software also. So last Friday (3/13) we had a webinar and zoom meeting with our SQL Family – … Read more
We’re Gonna Be Okay – Let’s Have a #SQLFamily/#CoVid19 Party!
Yoda would say “There’s a disturbance in the force.” right about now. Things are being canceled. Airlines are being slammed. Schools are closing. States of emergency are being declared. The healthcare system in Italy is under serious stress. We don’t know what the coming weeks will look like in the USA or Europe. Maybe it’s … Read more
#FlattenTheCurve – SeacoastSQL Canceled Next Week.
This may be a step of paranoia. But I’m a Database Administrator. We make paranoid decisions and “gamble” for the good of an organization. We’ve decided to cancel the Seacoast SQL Server Users Group meeting this coming Monday. Normally, we’d just post this on the meetup and be done with it. But I wanted one … Read more
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