Do You Enable “Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads”?
Database Administration,Performance Tuning | April 25, 2011 | 1:52 pmMost of the time when I run a poll on my blog, I run it for at least a month so that I can get enough results in order for the data to be more or less representative of the SQL Server community. What has been odd about this poll, is that even though I ...read more
SQLBits Attendance Breaks Previous Records
Conferences,Speaking Schedule | April 11, 2011 | 5:24 amHow many people can you identify in the above photo from the closing party at SQLBits? Can you find Ola Hallengren, Mladen Prajdić, Jonathan Allen (FatherJack), Ross Mistry, James Rowland-Jones, Andre Kamman, among others? SQLBits 8 (Beside the Seaside) was held this past weekend (April 7-9, 2011) at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. With ...read more
SQLServerCentral.com Track at Orlando SQL Server Connections
Database Administration | April 1, 2011 | 4:30 pmThis past week, about 1,200 developers, IT professionals, and DBAs spent three days attending DevConnections at the J.W. Marriott Resort and Conference Center in Orlando, FL. While the above photo depicts a perfect Florida spring day, most of the time the weather was terrible with storms and rain. It really didn’t matter much for the ...read more
SQL in the City: Free SQL Server Events in London and Los Angeles
Conferences,Free Stuff,Speaking Schedule | | 2:27 pmRed Gate Software has announced two free, full-day SQL Server events, called “SQL in the City”. Both events will provide 6 hours of SQL Server training, with a focus on how Red Gate tools can be used help make SQL Server DBAs and Developers more productive.
April Question: Which high availability option(s) do you employ for SQL Server instances, and why did you choose them?
Question of the Month | | 1:53 pmAs DBAs, we are responsible for the protection of our organization’s data, and we have many different options to protect it. So for this month’s question, “Which high availability option(s) do you employ for your SQL Server instances, and why did you choose them?”, share with us which ones you use, and explain why you made ...read more
