Pushing myself to go places I haven’t before These last couple months have been unlike any I’ve experienced. I’ve watched the economy tank. I’ve watched suffering and division and pain. I’ve seen some retreat into themselves. I’ve done it myself at times. What I did differently was signed up for[…]
SQL Server Health Checks
What is a Health Check? Everyone wants their SQL Server to run faster. When SQL is running fast, it means that your applications load quicker. It means that you don’t need to spend large capital costs on a new server or an expensive SAN upgrade. To get there, you[…]
Reflections on StretchDB: Cost
I was attending a SQL Server 2016 launch event organized by PASS MN and the Minnesota BI User Group and I was listening to one of the Azure features with StretchDB. The claim was that it was very cost effective to have your archive data automagically shipped off to the[…]