Use the WordPress Revision Counter to Keep Shipping Posts
I haven’t been at this blogging thing an extremely long time, and I certainly haven’t been as consistent as I’ve wanted to (working hard on this though – at least one post a week!). There is no...
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Better Together: Reduced Run Time and I/O
The run-time metric gets all the love, and for good reason. It’s easily witnessed by end users and the one management cares about. When DBAs have the task of cutting down the run time of a query,...
View ArticleTaking (and passing!) the 70-461 Exam and Pursuing My MCSE Certification
Last week, I took the 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 exam. I decided recently to try and achieve getting my MCSE: Data Platform certification within the next six months. Taking this exam...
View ArticleThe Case for Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads
I recently was involved in a discussion about whether or not to enable the ‘Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads’ server configuration setting. My initial thought was to leave it disabled, since this is the...
View Article4 Things You’ll Need Before Installing a Failover Cluster Instance
Your servers are either provisioned or racked, your sys admin has taken care of installing the Failover Clustering feature and creating the cluster itself, so you’re good to go to start installing SQL...
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SQL Server Audit: Getting Started
SQL Server has the ability to monitor both server and database level events via the SQL Server Audit feature. Audited events can be written to the server application or security logs, or to a file...
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Credentials and Proxies: Getting Started
If you’ve been a DBA for more than a day, you probably have a pretty good idea of what a login is. However, did you know that you can access resources outside of SQL Server without granting the login...
View Article10 Signs You’re Enjoying Your DBA Career Too Much
Most database professional recognize they have a good career path, and mostly enjoy the work they do. It’s possible to cross the line of enjoying it a little too much though. Here’s some guidelines...
View ArticleStudying for the 70-462 Exam: Database Mirroring
If we could take a picture of the HA solutions currently offered in SQL Server, database mirroring would be the short guy in the back, standing on his tippy toes trying to make sure everyone remembers...
View ArticleAgile Development – A DBA’s Initial Thoughts
I recently had the opportunity to attend a three day Agile development workshop. At a very high level, Agile development values making small, iterative changes over short periods of time, unlike...
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