A leading Metals Supplier had embarked on a journey to enhance their business operations with a new SQL Server-based...
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Data Platform SLAs
Database professionals of the world – I have a question. Has your organization defined service level agreements (SLAs)...
Heraflux Technologies Drives Success: Automaker Experiences Transformative Performance Tuning, Saves Unexpected $1.1 Million in SQL Server Software Licenses
In 2023, a US-based publicly traded automobile manufacturer enlisted Heraflux’s expertise to identify the root causes...
SQL Server on VMware Accelerator now free!
My SQL Server on VMware Accelerator boot camp video series is now live on Youtube! There's no strings attached and no...
Architecting MS SQL Server on VMware vSphere 8.0 released
I'm thrilled to announce that the "Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere" 8.0 best practices guide has...
VMware & SQL Server 823-824 alerts
We've been tracking a weird state with SQL Server virtual machines on VMware and possible warnings on database...
Add Disk Performance Counters to Windows Task Manager
Have you ever wondered why Windows Server doesn't show disk performance metrics in Task Manager, but your Windows...
Scale your SQL Server data files without an outage
Do you have quite large MDF files on your database? By large, I mean hundreds of gigabytes (or larger). Have you...
Launching the Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual Group
Disasters big and small happen, and as data professionals, you should be prepared for the worst! I’m thrilled to...
SQL Server Tuning Results in Cloud Licensing Reduction
We have a Client that recently expressed interest to make their SQL Servers more efficient so that they can establish...
SQL Server on Linux Series: Expanding LVM Drives
Next in our SQL Server on Linux series is one important question. On Windows, if you're about to run out of space, you...
Linux for the SQL Server Administrator
The DBA Fundamentals group recently posted the video from my Linux for the SQL Server Administrator session. Check it...