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 | Jan 21, 2024 | Best Practices, Cloud, Performance, SQL Server
You might be able to shave off thousands – or more – in your monthly cloud bills for your critical SQL Servers, all while maintaining or even improving performance. Public cloud providers charge organizations for everything they deploy, and while a few items in the...
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 | Jul 29, 2021 | Best Practices, Cloud, Performance, SQL Server, Storage, Technology
I’m thrilled to have recently released a video with Microsoft’s Data Exposed on Channel 9 where I discuss setting up Linux storage appropriate for on-demand disk expansion for your production SQL Server on Linux workloads. I’ve been working with...
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 8, 2021 | Cloud, SQL Server, Technology
If you have a SQL Server Availability Group (AG) and the VMs are being replicated to a disaster recovery site (cloud or on-prem), chances are the networking topology is not the same at the second site. These replication technologies can include VM replication, SAN LUN...