Pardon me, sir. Do I have a dog in this fight? After my term of service on the PASS board of directors ended in December of 2009, I fully intended to stay far, far out of the way. It's an intention that I've largely been able to fulfill,excluding the odd conversation with an occasional board member or committee chair looking for a little impartial advice when weighing some consideration or other. If you keep up with going's on within PASS, then you'll know that there's been some hullabaloo lately. Please reference paragraph 1 again at this point to understand that I don't really … [Read more...]
DBTA:Reaching for Highly Scalable Systems with SQL Server 2008
August 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
SQL Server has supported VLDBs (very large databases) for some time now. Back in the SQL Server 2000 days, I recall hearing multi-terabyte databases were unusual but doable. Now, they are commonplace, while databases in the hundreds of terabytes inhabit the part of the map that says "there be dragons." While VLDBs are quite common on SQL Server today, highly scalable systems that can be flexibly extended in the same fashion as Oracle/RAC are less so. So, how do you design a highly available architecture for SQL Server if it's not like Oracle/RAC. [READ MORE] … [Read more...]
August 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Super excited! Signed copy of "Inside SQL Server", from Kalen Delaney, just arrived … [Read more...]
August 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Beautiful and free picture ebooks from NASA, http://bit.ly/5EwKin, where I worked for 3 yrs. X-15 book is the bomb-diggity. … [Read more...]
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Looks like I might be speaking at sqlsat58 in Minneapolis, if they accept my lame-o session ideas. ;^) … [Read more...]
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Live in or near St Louis, MO? Join me on Sept 14th - http://ping.fm/g306M … [Read more...]
August 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I've had an astronomically busy couple weeks. Now, to tackle the email tidal wave awaiting me. :^P … [Read more...]
To My Beloved on Our Second Anniversary
August 23, 2010 by 1 Comment
This lovely poem reminded me of "covenant marriage" and the lifelong commitment of I and Love and You.Epithalamiumby Thomas LynchThat man who was married in the same black suithe was laid out in, years later, and buried,his widow's tears—they might all make sense to you,now that the two of you are to be married.You've seen old photos of the two of themtaken seven decades back or more.They showed up smiling and said, of coursewe will, for better or worse, and thenthey raised their glasses, cut the cake and kissedand tossed the bride's bouquet and garter outand thanked their parents and … [Read more...]
