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Buffer Pool Extension File Location
If you are planning on using Buffer Pool Extension (BPE) in SQL Server 2014 or SQL Server 2016 you need to think about where you want to put the BPE file on the SSD, especially as it relates to the...
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Basic Database Mirroring Monitoring
If you have database mirroring setup and running, you’ll notice that it has a lack of built in monitoring. And if you have a lot of databases having monitoring for each potential state that each...
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Recommended reading from mrdenny for October 24, 2014
This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week. Should new index columns be in the key, or included? IT books that should be on your...
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What’s the Best Upgrade Path from SQL 2005 to SQL 2014?
I get this question a decent amount in my Intro to SQL Server Management Session (called “I’ve got a SQL Database Now What?” or “SQL Server Management for the non Database Administrator”). Frankly it...
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If I have a filtered index, what do I need to have in my query to make SQL...
Filtered indexes are great, because they let you exclude rows from the index. But what do you need to include in your where clause to use the filtered index? The answer here is surprisingly straight...
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Monitoring SQL Replication Latency
When working with SQL Server replication, you don’t have a whole lot of options for monitoring the latency of the replication. You’ve got the SQL Server Replication Monitor, and that’s basically it....
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Reducing Locking by “Distribution clean up” Job
Anyone who has had to manage a large SQL Server replication environment has had to deal with strange locking within the distribution database. This is because the distribution database is basically a...
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Random Unexplained Replication Job Failure in a large SQL Server Replication...
One of the environments that I work with includes a very large replication topology. While there are only a few servers involved there are dozens of publications between those servers. One of the...
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Still Time To Register For Internals for Query Tuning
There is still time to register for the fantastic class Internals for Query Tuning Class with Kalen Delaney. This fantastic three day class will teach what you need to know in order to better...
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