SQLskills SQL Server Immersion Training: A Retrospective
DBA Career,Opinion | February 27, 2011 | 7:11 pmLast week I attended the inaugural training event of the new four-week SQL Server Immersion Training offered by Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randall of SQLskills.com. The four available training weeks include: Internals and Performance Performance Tuning High Availability and Disaster Recovery Security, PowerShell, and Development Support I attended the Internals and Performance class in Dallas, ...read more
Introducing Kalen Delaney’s SQL Server Stairways Tutorial Series
DBA Career,News | February 16, 2011 | 2:04 pmIn case you haven’t noticed, there is a new link on SQLServerCentral.com for a new series of tutorial articles called Kalen Delaney’s SQL Server Stairways. This series, edited by Kalen Delaney, brings together a large number of top SQL Server writers to introduce a wide variety of SQL Server topics. Some of the current Stairway ...read more
Poll Reveals DBAs Actively Tune TEMPDB
Database Administration,Performance Tuning | February 3, 2011 | 2:51 pmWhen I manage a SQL Server instance, I always make an extra effort to optimize the performance of TEMPDB, so I decided to do a poll to see if other DBAs did the same. When the results came in, I was a little surprised, as about 91% of those who responded to the poll said ...read more
February Question: Share with us your “best” restore disaster stories.
Question of the Month | February 1, 2011 | 11:12 amAs DBAs, making backups and restoring data is one of the foundational skills we all must master. But sometimes things go wrong, very, very wrong. And it is from these mistakes that we often learn important lessons. This month, the Question of the Month is, “Share with us your ‘best’ restore disaster stories.” Tell us ...read more
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