What is the Ideal SQL Server Test Box?
Database Administration,Hardware,Performance Tuning | June 16, 2010 | 4:13 pmI’m thinking about setting up a SQL Server test box in my home office for doing some extensive, real-world SQL Server performance testing. So far, here is what I am thinking about getting: –Because I have limited space, the test box will need to be a tower. I will also be limited to one physical ...read more
Hawaii is Not Prometric Microsoft Certification Test Friendly
DBA Career,Opinion | June 15, 2010 | 10:49 amWhile I was at TechEd last week, I got a 50% off Microsoft Certification test voucher that expires on June 30, 2010. Since I had not yet taken any SQL Server 2008 certification tests, I decided that this would be a good opportunity to save a few dollars and take the test. I have been ...read more
TechEd Impressions: Day Four
Conferences,Opinion | June 11, 2010 | 2:15 pmTechEd is finally over, and I have been overwhelmed by attending 20 different sessions over the last four days. As with any conference I attend, my head is swimming with a lot of new information that I hope I can retain over the long term.
TechEd Impressions: Day Three
Conferences,Opinion | June 9, 2010 | 5:08 pmToday I attended four regular sessions, plus a special lunch session for Microsoft MVPs. The sessions I attended varied a lot in quality, although there were two sessions that stood out. Both of these sessions were by the same speaker, Sunil Agarwal, a Program Manager in the Microsoft SQL Server Storage Engine Group. His first ...read more
TechEd Impressions: Day Two
Conferences | June 8, 2010 | 4:52 pmIt’s only day two of the four day conference, and I am already exhausted from attending sessions from 8:00 AM to 6:15 PM, and walking, literally miles, to get back and forth between sessions. The New Orleans convention center is about .6 miles long, and it can take 10-15 minutes to walk between session rooms. ...read more
Impressions of My First Day at TechEd 2010
Conferences,Opinion | June 7, 2010 | 4:15 pmTechEd 2010 started today, June 7, and will run through Thursday, June 10, 2010. In the past TechEd has run for five days (or ten days as an experiment a few years ago). At only four days this year, this TechEd is the shortest of the four TechEd events I have attended. Apparently reducing the ...read more
Pensacola Holds Second Annual SQL Saturday
Conferences,PASS,Speaking Schedule | June 6, 2010 | 3:52 pmSQL Saturday #22 was held on Saturday, June 5, 2010, with about 224 attendees participating in this free event. It was held at the Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, FL. Forty-three different sessions in six different tracks were offered (mostly SQL Server, but with a few .NET and miscellaneous sessions thrown in for good measure), ...read more
Winner of the May SQL Aloha Contest
Question of the Month | June 1, 2010 | 4:50 pmThis month’s question had 21 responses, although a few were duplicates. The question was: What is your favorite DBA joke? If you haven’t read the jokes yet, click on the link above to see what people came up with.
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