by David | Jun 15, 2021 | Announcements, Best Practices, Cloud, Events, Performance, Professional Development, SQL Server, Technology, User Groups
(Things come out of nowhere with only moments of warning, if at all!) Disasters big and small happen, and as data professionals, you should be prepared for the worst! I’m thrilled to announce that we’re launching the Microsoft Data Platform Continuity...
by David | Feb 23, 2021 | Best Practices, Performance, Storage, Technology, Virtualization
After doing some digging today with a Client, we hit a roadblock on something that I need to share with using the NVMe virtual disk controller on the VMware ESXi 6.5 and above platform. If you’re using this vDisk controller, you cannot expand or add virtual...
by David | Nov 23, 2020 | Best Practices, Business, Cloud, Events, Performance, SQL Server, Tech Video
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. This is a must watch for every CXO that wants to begin...
by David | Nov 16, 2020 | Best Practices, Cloud, Performance, SQL Server, Tech Video
Have you ever cringed when you received your monthly cloud bill? Does it feel like you’re overpaying for your cloud services, but don’t know how to reduce your monthly cloud spend? In this video, I am revealing the secret to save on cloud costs that vendors...
by David | Oct 21, 2020 | Performance, SQL Server, Tech Video, Technology
I just released a new training video (one of many to be released in the upcoming months) showing you how to set up Windows Perfmon for ongoing 24×7 collection. Recording ongoing performance information is vital to have a running history of the system state in...
by David | May 22, 2020 | Best Practices, Business, Performance, SQL Server, Technology
People want to make things faster. It’s in our nature as IT professionals. What are you tuning for? I’ve been asking that a lot later. I have to sit back and ask some very basic questions to try to see where people’s IT-related pain is at. What is...