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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 been released! I'm pleased to have been able to contribute to this document. This document covers some very positive and significant changes VMware 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 corruption while VM backups are running, largely centered around (but not isolated to) the tempdb database. TLDR: We've now got a VMware KB article on this...

Storage Field Day 23 – SIOS

I am thrilled to have been a part of this year's Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week of March. This event is a series of vendor-led technical presentations where technologists like myself can ask hard questions so that we can better...

Storage Field Day 23 – HammerSpace

I am thrilled to have been a part of this year's Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week of March. This event is a series of vendor-led technical presentations where technologists like myself can ask hard questions so that we can better...

VMware & SQL Server 823-824 alerts

May 18, 2022 | Database, Infrastructure, Virtualization

We've been tracking a weird state with SQL Server virtual machines on VMware and possible warnings on database...

Storage Field Day 23 – SIOS

May 17, 2022 | Database, Infrastructure

I am thrilled to have been a part of this year's Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week...

Storage Field Day 23 – HammerSpace

May 16, 2022 | Events, Infrastructure

I am thrilled to have been a part of this year's Storage Field Day 23 event, held by Gestalt IT during the first week...

Storage Field Day 23 – Fungible

Apr 25, 2022 | Business, Database, Infrastructure

I live my life in the field of information technology. Most of the topics that I work with are making databases speedy...

Add Disk Performance Counters to Windows Task Manager

Apr 24, 2022 | Database, Infrastructure

Have you ever wondered why Windows Server doesn't show disk performance metrics in Task Manager, but your Windows...

Expert Series webinar – Understanding SQL Server on VMware Storage Options

Feb 28, 2022 | Database, Events, Infrastructure, Virtualization

I'm thrilled to be presenting a new session on SQL Server-on-VMware storage performance tuning as part one of four in...

Meet the Experts Webinar with Pavilion Data

Feb 4, 2022 | Business, Database, Infrastructure, Virtualization

Heraflux Technologies is co-presenting our “Ask the Experts” webinar with Pavilion Data on Wednesday, 9 February 2022...

Webinar with Pavilion Data 2022.02.09

Jan 27, 2022 | Business, Cloud, Database, Events, Infrastructure, Virtualization

Heraflux Technologies was invited to co-present on an “Ask the Experts” webinar with Pavilion Data featuring Costa...

Three-part virtual SQL Server learning this week

Dec 12, 2021 | Business, Cloud, Database, Events, Infrastructure, Virtualization

I'm thrilled to announce a three-part remote education event in conjunction with the Iowa SQL Server community! The...

Webinar Wednesday with Pavilion – SQL Server Performance

Sep 27, 2021 | Business, Cloud, Database, Events, Infrastructure

I'm thrilled to announce a new webinar with Pavilion Data for this Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 10:00am Pacific...

PASS Data Community Summit 2021 Precon Announcement

Sep 10, 2021 | Business, Cloud, Database, Events, Infrastructure, News, Virtualization

I'm thrilled to announce my preconference training session ahead of this year's virtual PASS Data Community Summit,...

AI is going to be everywhere and in everything

Jun 28, 2021 | Cloud, Database, Events, Infrastructure

I recently was a part of GestaltIT's AI Field Day and have been thinking heavily about artificial intelligence (and by...

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