Have You Reviewed Your Azure Storage Bill Lately?
At the end of 2021, I started using the new SFTP preview feature on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2. It was a great new addition to the...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
Octopus Insiders - DevOp's Champions
I am excited and honored to have been asked to be an Octopus Insider for Octopus Deploy. This is a new program for those passionate about...
Nov 27, 202212 min read
How We Ran SQL Saturday Jacksonville In 2022
2022 is the first year post PASS and the SQLSaturday.com website containing the tools created by PASS for SQL Saturdays. So, I wanted to...
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Max Degree of Parallelism - Does it Matter?
Recently I encountered a Microsoft SQL Server with relatively high and very consistent CPU usage with few peaks and valleys. When...
Jul 12, 20213 min read
SQL Cluster Issues with Storage Spaces Direct - (S2D)
Bottom line? Don't use it! At least don't use it for a SQL cluster directly. Recently I stumbled on a configuration using S2D (Storage...
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Trace Flag 1117 and SQL Server 2019
For VLDBs I've always created multiple files for each file group and had to set the trace flag 1117 on to ensure that all files grow at...
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Data Types - Does size really matter? - DateTime vs. DateTime2
How many of us have just created a new table and put a Created Datetime and Modified Datetime field in with the default DateTime...
Sep 28, 20202 min read
How To Restore TDE Keys and Database to a New or Different SQL Server
In this article, we will cover the specific steps to restore a set of TDE keys and a database to a new and or different server. This...
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Where Are Your Tables And Indexes Stored?
Recently, I started receiving multiple database filegroup growth alerts from my Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager. As this wasn't usual, I...
Mar 22, 20202 min read
Azure Data Studio - Import Wizard Fix - My Small Contribution
One of the features in Azure Data Studio is called the 'Import Wizard'. This feature allows you to quickly import a file and specify your...
Jan 14, 20202 min read
SQL Cluster Disk Witness Errors
We recently upgraded our Production SQL Server Cluster. We started with the passive node and removed the old operating system, which was...
Jan 7, 20202 min read
How To Move SQL Server Data Files
There always seems to be a need to move database files, whether it's a new system I'm setting up or an existing system that needs...
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