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Spring time means tuning up the lawn mower, digging out the pruning shears, and testing the sprinklers (at least in Utah, where we can’t rely

May 7, 2015

It’s a best practice to have the disk sector size (also known as the allocation unit size or block size) set to 64kb (see this

April 28, 2015

You may recall an article I had written a couple months back describing how to use Extended Events to perform your SQL Server Profiler duties.

April 22, 2015

What do you do when a developer comes to you and asks, “Where did the database go? The database was there one minute, and the

April 7, 2015

The value of a DBA can vary depending on numerous factors. Something that should be easy to answer is: what is a DBA worth? If

March 31, 2015

In my last few blog posts, I’ve shared several methods of getting internal information from a database by using the DBCC PAGE command and utilizing

March 25, 2015