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Tuning Red Gate: #2 of Many

By Grant Fritchey

In the last installment, I used the SQL Monitor tool to get a snapshot view of the current state of the servers at Red Gate that are giving us trouble. That snapshot suggested some areas where I should focus some time, primarily in which queries were being...

Tuning Red Gate: #1 of Many

By Grant Fritchey

Everyone runs into performance issues at some point, even Red Gate software. Some of our internal systems were running into some serious bottlenecks. What if I were to, oh, I don't know, use a certain monitoring tool to identify the bottlenecks, figure out...

SQL Test How-To Videos

By Grant Fritchey

Getting started with the new SQL Test is really easy, but once you get started knowing where to go can be a little difficult. I've recorded two, quick little videos showing a couple of pieces of functionality. Please check them out.

Exploring SQL Azure

By Grant Fritchey

I'm convinced that we're going to be spending time tuning our SQL Azure databases much the same way as we tune our regular SQL Server databases. That is to say, we won't tune the databases at all until there's a major issue;

SQLIO Writes

By Grant Fritchey

SQLIO is a fantastic utility for testing the abilities of the disks in your system. It has a very unfortunate name though, since it's not really a SQL Server testing utility at all. It really is a disk utility.

SQL Cruise Alaska 2011

By Grant Fritchey

SQL Cruise is a trip on a cruise ship during which you get to attend classes while on the boat, learning all about SQL Server and related topics as well as network with the instructors and the other Cruisers.

Brush Your Teeth and Clean Your Room

By Grant Fritchey

Tony isn't around at the moment so I stopped by to talk for minute. Yeah, I could go on about some of those cool and controversial topics that Tony always brings up, but I'm a DBA. By definition that makes me dull and irritable.

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