There are no sequential or random disk I/Os
Okay, it’s a bit of a hyperbole. But let me elaborate.I regularly bump into SQL Server discussions, online or elsewhere, in which I hear people speaking with confidence that an operation is so and so...
View ArticleMicrosoft Document Watch for Operational Excellence
Back when my day-to-day duties included database administration work and enterprise architecture, I became rather obsessed with the idea of operational excellence. I read everything I could on the...
View ArticleAccelerate OLTP with HP and Microsoft's New High Performance Reference...
If you haven't started to read Shashank Pawar (blog), you're missing out. Shashank is part of Microsoft Australia and has been writing some very good content lately. Here's an example from the...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Microsoft Operations Manager Pack
Operations Manager Management Pack Development KitI just recently told you about some cool new things happening with System Center - before I stumbled across this tidbit. Hey, if I could, I'd go back...
View ArticleTimewarp: What Is a Relational Database?
Relational?!? Move On, Geezer!Maybe you're thinking that relational databases management systems (RDBMSs), like Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle, are going the way of punched cards and rotary phones....
View ArticleConquer Your Fear of Virtualization with a Free Day of Training at PASS!
Click this link to register: http://www.houseofbrick.com/education/sqlserverbootcamp/Registration. Presented by my buddy, David Klee at House of Brick, one of the nations top VMWare consultancies...
View ArticleDeclarative Architectures in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
I deal with computing architectures by first laying out requirements, and then laying in any constraints for it's success. Only then do I bring in computing elements to apply to the system. As an...
View ArticleSQLintersection!
The best emotion to describe how I'm feeling is 'astounded'. I'm astounded that I'm in such august company to be speaking the SQLIntersection (#iSQL) conference. Read the blog post from my first SQL...
View ArticleThe All-New 'Database Lifecycle Management" is available on MSDN
The initial release of Database Lifecycle Management is now available on MSDN.The site is something called "curated content". This means it's a single consolidated location to look up lots of disparate...
View ArticleWhere are the Windows Azure customer case studies – and why aren’t there more?
“Case Studies” are a great tool when you’re evaluating a platform. Having evidence that other companies have deployed Windows Azure, in addition to how they did it, is a good way to plan your own...
View ArticleNew On-Line Resources for Windows, Virtualization, and Cloud!
Ever since returning from the UK for the SQLBits conference, I've been snowed under a mountain of action items. I've got such a backlog of things to get done, emails to answer, and family to not...
View ArticleWhat's the Data Modeling Standard for Business Intelligence Systems?
I had the good fortune to overhead some of my good friends and fellow MVPs discussing the process of data modeling for business intelligence systems. So what are the industry standard approaches for...
View ArticleMySQL, NoSQL, and NuoDB
I've been keen on MySQL ever since I first started using it heavily more than a decade ago. In fact, I liked it well enough to include it as one of the four main database platforms, over and above the...
View ArticleDatabase Trends & Applications column: Database Benchmarking from A to Z
Have you heard of the monthly print and web magazine Database Trends & Applications (DBTA)? Did you know I'm the regular columnist covering SQL Server? For the past six months, I've been writing a...
View ArticleNow Playing on SSWUG TV!
Hi friends,I know a lot of you regularly read my blog either on my home page at KevinEKline.com, on SQLBlog.com, or one of the locations where it's syndicated. And you may also regularly take in my...
View ArticleJoin Me on March 14 in Silicon Valley for a Full-Day of SQL Server...
Join me for a day ofReal World Database Configuration and Tuning for Microsoft SQL ServerSQL Saturday Silicon Valley 2014Friday, March 14, 2014 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)Mountain View, CAClick HERE...
View ArticleTwo Presentations This Weekend at #SQLSaturday349 in Salt Lake City
I have the privilege of being selected to fill two slots this weekend at #SQLSaturday349 in Salt Lake City. The venue is simultaneously hosting the Big Mountain Data event.My talks are:To the Cloud,...
View ArticleSQL Server Hardware
From Red-Gate website you can download (for free) the ebook SQL Server Hardware written by Glenn Berry (@GlennAlanBerry).This ebook will provide the fundamental knowledge and resources you need to make...
View ArticlePower BI Analysis Services Connector Security
The Power BI Analysis Services Connector can be used to connect from the Power BI service to your on premises tabular Analysis Services models.In this blogpost I will look into the security and...
View ArticleBI on your terms with SQL Server 2016
The last few years Microsoft strategy was all about cloud first (or cloud only?), releasing new BI products and updates to existing products to the cloud in high pace without almost any investments in...
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