I have a handful of things to share today. As a DBA it is my nature to be both driven and lazy so instead of three posts I am just going to combine them into one. You’re welcome. Here’s the first item for you: Recently Grant Fritchey (blog | @gfritchey) wrote an article titled “Be Cautious Offering Guidance”. The point … Read more
SQL Server 2014 is nearly here. When it ships it will come with an “In-Memory OLTP” feature. This feature is generally known by its codename: Hekaton. Why that code name? Well, hekaton is Greek for a hundred, and that was the targeted performance improvement that Microsoft set out to achieve when building this new technology. … Read more
Backup or dump, which do you prefer to take? I have often referred to a database backup as a database dump. The reason for this goes back to an event that happened many years ago where the database backup files filled up a disk drive. As a result we were not able to recover data … Read more
Last week during TechEd North America Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2014 was coming…soon-ish. No release date has been set as of yet, and we have been told we *may* expect a preview in the next few weeks. Click here to be notified when the bits are ready. I’m very excited to get my hands … Read more
Grande. Bold. No room. It’s my standard order when at Starbucks. Despite there being thousands of ways to have my coffee prepared I prefer the simplest. It’s probably why I enjoy working with Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) so much. The number of configuration options we have with WASD is limited. By limiting the options … Read more
Four years ago I wrote a post titled Junior DBA Interview Questions. During that time the role of a traditional DBA has shifted. As a result of this shift I decided it was time to update my list of questions for a junior DBA. I’ve written earlier posts regarding how to do a job search as well … Read more
