Allan and I recently presented two sessions covering an overview of high availability in Microsoft SQL Server and, the following week, a demo of how to implement several different kinds of high availability techniques including database mirroring, transactional replication, and Windows clustering services.
Microsoft SQL Server High-Availability Videos and Q&A Log
Filed Under: Challenges, Databases, On-Line Resources, Performance, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: Best Practices, Database Mirroring, DBA, High Availability, SQL Server 2008 R2, Tools & Scripts, Video, Windows Clustering
And the Winners are…
Filed Under: On-Line Resources, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks Tagged With: DBA, Developer, DMV, Internals, Professional Development, Quest Software, Tools & Scripts
Video: SQL Performance Optimization
Gain insight into best practices for SQL Server optimization and ways to alleviate many root causes that can impact performance of your SQL Server database.
Filed Under: Challenges, Databases, Performance, Presentations, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: Best Practices, DBA, Developer, DMV, Internals, Monitoring, Quest Software, Tools & Scripts, Video
Videos: Strategies for Addressing Common SQL Server Challenges
Webcast originally presented by renowned SQL Server expert Kevin Kline and learn valuable strategies for addressing these challenges and more.
Filed Under: Administration, Challenges, Databases, Performance, Presentations, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Strategies, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: Best Practices, DBA, Developer, DMV, Internals, Monitoring, Performance, Quest Software, SQL Server 2005, Tools, Tools & Scripts, Video
Quest Software announces Cassandra support in Toad for Cloud Databases and a partnership with Riptano.
Quest Software added Apache Cassandra, an open-source NoSQL database, to its list of supported NoSQL platforms with the second beta release of Toad(R) for Cloud Databases.
Filed Under: Cloud, Cool Technologies, Databases, NoSQL, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Tips & Tricks, Tool Time Tagged With: cloud computing, DBA, Monitoring, Quest Software, Toad, Tools, Tools & Scripts
Video: SQL Server Disk Optimization
Kevin will address challenges and explore methodologies to help you efficiently use allocated disk space for enterprise storage and production environments.
Filed Under: Administration, Challenges, Hardware, IO, Opinion, Performance, Presentations, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tool Time, Video Tagged With: Best Practices, DBA, Developer, DMV, Internals, Monitoring, Performance, SQL Server 2005, Tools & Scripts, Video
Video: Maximize SQL Server Performance with SQL Tuning
This presentation is a bit old, but largely still applicable. It will help you understand Microsoft tuning techniques. It will teach tips and tricks for making queries perform better, and how to use tools to tune SQL. Posted March 27, 2007.
Filed Under: Challenges, Presentations, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks, Tool Time, Transact-SQL Programming, Video Tagged With: Best Practices, DBA, Developer, SQL Server 2005, Tools & Scripts, Transact-SQL Programming, Video
Two Free Training Webcasts Open for Registration
In May, learn about SQL Server architecture and usage from the point-of-view of an Oracle DBA. In June, learn about tuning queries for optimal performance on Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Filed Under: On-Line Resources, Presentations, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: DBA, Developer, DMV, Internals, Oracle, Performance, Tools & Scripts, Training
New on SQLMag – Automating the Startup and Shutdown of Windows Services
Filed Under: Administration, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tool Time Tagged With: DBA, SQLMag, Tools & Scripts
New Interview and SQLMag ToolTime Blog Article on “SQLClue”
A neat new administration and configuration management tool for the SQL Server set. I especially like the Run Book features, because Run Books are the way us “oldtimers” like to run our IT infrastructure. My pal, Buck Woody, also likes Run Books (and really big explosions by the guys on MythBusters, but that’s another discussion). [...]
Filed Under: Administration, On-Line Resources, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tool Time Tagged With: DBA, Monitoring, MVP, SQLMag, Tools & Scripts
