April 25, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Index,
Index Scan,
Index Seek,
SQL Server,
StorageThere are a few things which you will want to look at. First make sure that you have enough RAM for the database to use. Without enough RAM in the SQL Server you’ll begin putting extra load on the disks because the same data is being pulled into the buffer cache from the disk over and...
April 21, 2011 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server,
StorageThere are some general best practices such as separate data and log LUNs, separate TempDB from everything else. For data warehouses make sure that the data is spread over as many disks as possible. Anything more specific however is very company specific and would require a good understanding of...
April 18, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC,
SQL Server,
StorageEven when using a storage array it is typically best practice to have the data on one LUN, logs on another LUN, and tempdb on another LUN. Especially if you have the option to putting each LUN on different physical disks. If you I talked a little more about this a
April 14, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server,
SQL Server 11,
SQL Server 2005,
SQL Server 2008,
SQL Server 2008 R2,
SQL Server 2012,
SQL Server Management StudioBy default SQL Server Management Studio will only show you 256 characters per column. The fix for this is pretty easy. You click on Tools > Options to being up the options menu. From there navigate to Query Results > SQL Server > Results To Text. Change the "Maximum number of...
April 13, 2011 1:19 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Interview,
Job Opening,
Social Commentary,
SQL ServerSo I'm going along doing my work thing, shrinking databases rebooting servers at random, etc. and I get an email some of which I've included below asking if I'd be interested in this job opening. I've cut out the names, etc. to protect the stupid.
Below is the response that I sent...
April 11, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person EventsThe fine folks at Red Gate Software have made the critical mistake of asking me to be a presenter at the Los Angeles "SQL in the City" event at the Skirball Center
April 7, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person EventsI presented three sessions at Desert Code Camp 2011.1, and I had a great time doing so. In case you wanted to grab a copy of the slide decks, here they are.
Getting SQL Service Broker Up...
April 4, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server,
Storage,
TempDBIt really depends on the amount of load that you put on the tempdb database. Everything which is done within the tempdb database is going to be logged in the transaction log just like any other database so if the tempdb database has a very high IO then it may make sense to put the tempdb log on a...
