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Wheeling Presentation
Thanks to the Wheeling SQL Server usergroup for letting me present on SANs for DBAs.The slides can be found here. Denny Cherry’s article discussing SQL DR options along with SAN DR options can he found...
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Matching EMC LUNs to Windows Disks
We are doing some SAN performance testing on the latest EMC VMAX array. As part of this, we are testing different storage configurations and policies and doing some baselining. I recently requested a...
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24 Hours of PASS–My Session
Slides are here So I had the honor of being selected to speak at the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS (3/21, or 21/3 for my international readers), and I was thrilled, almost as thrilled as if I had been...
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AlwaysOn versus Active Data Guard—A Value Proposition
With the launch of SQL 2012, much of my focus has been on the new Availability Groups functionality. I do lots of work in the HA and DR space, and the ability to utilize secondary copies of databases...
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What Version of SQL Server AM I Running?
I’m in the midst of a project using System Center Configuration Manager’s (SCCM) Desired Configuration Management (DCM) component. It has taken us some time to come up to speed on this, so our initial...
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Windows 8 Early Impressions
Late last week, I fired up a Windows Server 8 VM—I wanted to play with it a home a bit, before setting up a large scale environment here at work. The first thing I noticed was how much the GUI has...
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SQL Saturday #118 — Madison WI
I’m here in balmy Madison, Wisconsin presenting today at SQL Saturday #118 presenting on High Availability and DR options in SQL Server 2012. Jes Borland (b|t) and the outstanding crew have done a...
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Upcoming Events
My speaking schedule is pretty packed for the next few weeks. Here goes: 5/17 The Impact of FDA Regulations on Maintaining Your Database Environment – SQL PASS Healthcare Virtual Chapter. This talk...
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SQL Saturday #121 — Philadelphia
For the past several months, along with my outstanding volunteer staff, I have been in the planning phases for SQL Saturday Philadelphia. Thanks to the wonderful folks at Microsoft we have an...
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The Dog ate My Checklist—Or Why Backups Are Important
So as most of you may know, I’m the event organizer for SQL Saturday #121 Philadelphia. So I’ve been making lots of lists, given that I’m not as organized as I should be, some of these are in OneNote,...
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