Top 10 Must-Ask Questions Before Going to the Cloud
After architecting and migrating some of the world’s largest data platforms, Let’s walk through my top ten must ask questions before migrating to the cloud so that you can save time, money, and grief....
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Scale your SQL Server MDF database data files
Do you have quite large MDF files on your database? By large, I mean hundreds of gigabytes (or larger). Have you ever noticed that your SQL Server disk stall metrics for these data files are much...
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Architecting MS SQL Server on VMware vSphere 8.0 released
I’m thrilled to announce that the “Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere” 8.0 best practices guide has been released! I’m pleased to have been able to contribute to this document. This...
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SQL Server on VMware Accelerator now free!
My SQL Server on VMware Accelerator boot camp video series is now live on Youtube! There’s no strings attached and no price of entry, so now there’s no reason why you can’t join me in this adventure...
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SQL Server query runtime is not everything
SQL Server query developers, listen up! Query execution time is not everything you should be worried about. You need to examine the parse and compilation time for each of your queries too. When you...
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Multiple disk controllers in VMs can mean improved performance
I recently had a great question on some of the differences in virtual machine disk presentation from one of our amazing clients, and I thought I’d share the answer here because it’s a common question...
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