by David | Mar 14, 2022 | Technology
I’m thrilled to be presenting the second part of a four-part webinar series with ActualTech Media called “Optimizing SQL Server on VMware Data Protection and Disaster Recovery” this Friday, March 18th, at noon Eastern time. Session Details: When it...
by David | Jan 29, 2022 | Best Practices, Cloud, Events, Professional Development, SQL Server, User Groups
I am looking forward to presenting to the Ohio North Database Training User Group this Tuesday, February 1st, starting at 4:00pm CST. It is exciting for me to kickoff another year of virtual presentations to my fellow SQL Server Data Professionals looking to...
by David | Jul 8, 2021 | Best Practices, Performance, SQL Server, Storage, Technology
Do you have quite large MDF files on your database? By large, I mean hundreds of gigabytes (or larger). Have you ever noticed that your SQL Server disk stall metrics for these data files are much higher than the storage latency metrics exhibited on the underlying...
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 11, 2020 | Best Practices, Cloud, Events, Professional Development, SQL Server, Storage, Technology, Virtualization
An attendee at my PASS Summit precon on virtualized SQL Server performance tuning on Monday asked a great question. “Do you have a list of the tools and scripts that you’re using in this precon?” Now I do! This list is an abbreviated list of the...
