by David | Feb 22, 2024 | Best Practices, Cloud, Performance, SQL Server, Storage
IT and data professionals, I implore you – know thy platform. All of it. Not just the layer your job is tasked with. Modern public cloud (or any infrastructure for that matter) platforms means there’s more to it than just one layer. Here’s an example from just...
by David | Oct 18, 2023 | Best Practices, SQL Server
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 run a query, the SQL Server engine executes it. You get a runtime in...
by David | Jul 7, 2023 | Best Practices, Business, Cloud, Performance, Professional Development, SQL Server, Storage, Tech Video, Technology, Virtualization
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 to learn more about how to performance and...
by David | Feb 23, 2023 | Best Practices
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 document covers some very positive and...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | Cloud, SQL Server, Technology
I’ve talked for months now about the ability to run SQL Server on the Linux platform. For those of you interested in exploring the benefits of this platform, you’re in luck! Microsoft has pre-built images ready to go on the Azure cloud, running SQL Server...
