New Paper Published: Picking the Right Instrument for SQL Server Performance...
The folks at Quest Software asked me to write a paper for them discussing the differences between managing a SQL Server using just the Microsoft provided tools and their Spotlight on SQL Server...
View ArticleWebcast turnout was fantastic
Thanks to all who attended this morning webcast ‘Under The Hood of SQL Server – Checking Out Internals’. This mornings webcast was a complete success. The number of people attending was fantastic,...
View ArticleDon’t Consolidate Yourself Into Performance Problems
Consolidated too many databases or too many instances onto a single server? Got users screaming for their own servers back? Join myself and David Swanson from Quest Software (and frequent poster on...
View ArticleDon’t Consolidate Yourself Into Performance Problems – Archive
The webcast which I did for Quest Software called Don’t Consolidate Yourself Into Performance Problems is now available for viewing after the fact. This is the webcast which I did last week for Quest...
View ArticleJoin Jason Hall and Myself as we talk about finding out how healthy your SQL...
Tomorrow morning at 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern / 4pm London Jason Hall and myself will be talking about how to find out how healthy your SQL Server Enterprise is using both the native tools as well as...
View ArticleHow Healthy is my SQL Server Enterprise webcast has been archived
I’m happy to say that the webcast which I did with Jason Hall on Thursday October 30, 2008 has been archived for after the fact viewing. They say that it is up there for a limited time, so I’m not sure...
View ArticleFREE Seminar: Spend a Day with the Experts – Aliso Viejo, CA
Quest has put together a one day free seminar at the Quest Software office on Friday March 13, 2009. Brent Ozar and myself will be presenting several presentations on SQL Server 2008. For more...
View ArticlePerformance Tuning a Spotlight for SQL Server Query
The other day I was looking at parallel query plans on a customers system and I noticed that the bulk of the parallel queries on the system where coming from Spotlight for SQL Server. The query in...
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