August 1, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person Events,
Indexing,
VirtualizationThis last Saturday I spoke at Dallas Tech Fest, where I had two great groups in my two sessions. As promised here are the slide decks for the two sessions which I presented.
Index Internals
July 25, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server,
Virtual Chapter,
Virtualization,
VMwareDuring the webcast which I did for the SQL PASS Virtulization Virtual Chapter on July 13th, 2011 a question came up that I didn't have the answer for. The question was if I had done "Any testing on the effect of Hiding NX/XD flag from guest with SQL Server on ESX?". I hadn't done any testing...
June 28, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Excursions,
SQL Server,
VirtualizationThe next session from SQL Excursions that I want to talk about is my session on virtualization. During this session, we will be talking about some best...
May 19, 2011 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server,
Storage,
VirtualizationA question that comes up when building a new virtual SQL Server is how should the disks be laid out when using the default VMDK (VMware) or vDisks (Hyper-V)? Should the disks be on a single LUN, or different LUNs, etc.
I’m sure that it will surprise no one when I say that it depends. On a...
May 11, 2011 4:16 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World,
EMC World 2011,
GreenPlum,
SQL Server,
VMware,
VNX,
VNXeYesterday was EMC World day 2 and it was another great day at the conference. I started the day a little late as I was out pretty late on Monday night at a party. I was abe to great some great sessions in during the day however.
The first session that I hit was "SQL Server on VMware -...
March 14, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Hyper-V,
SQL Server,
Training,
VMware,
WebcastMicrosoft is putting on a great free three day online class for VMware professionals that need to learn more about Hyper-V.
Day 1 will focus on “Platform” (Hyper-V, virtualization architecture, high availability & clustering)
March 7, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Consolidation,
SQL Server,
Virtualization,
WebcastJoin me Wednesday March 9th at 8am Pacific (11am Eastern) as I join Marathon Technologies as I present a webcast titled "Controlling SQL Server Sprawl: The Consolidation Conundrum and Availability Imperative". During this session I'll be talking about some of...
January 4, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person Events,
SQL Saturday,
SQL Saturday 62,
SQL Server,
Storage,
VirtualizationHave you ever had this conversation with your storage admin?
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If you have, then do I have a session for you to attend. On January 14, 2011 in Tampa, FL I'll be presenting...
November 29, 2010 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person Events,
SQL Saturday,
SQL Server,
Storage,
VirtualizationIf you wanted to go to my pre-con at the SQL PASS Summit, but you couldn't make it, or you couldn't get the boss to approve the $400 price tag that PASS was charging do I have a deal for you. I'll be presenting the same pre-con (hopefully better after integrating feedback from the PASS summit) as...
