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Building up the PowerShell community – SQL Hammer
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Last week I involved in a conversation with some SQL professionals who are also skilled with PowerShell. The SQL Server community is used to…
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Policy Based Management Templates – TSQL2sDay #70 – SQL Hammer
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T-SQL Tuesday (aka #TSQL2sday) is a monthly SQL Server blogger event started back in late 2009 by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter). The first…
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Lone DBA, Lemming or Master of your Domain – SQL Hammer
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> Are you a lone lemming or the master of your domain? Many organizations hire only one database administrator. This lone DBA is in…
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Ding Level 3 in My Epic Life Quest – SQL Hammer
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Wahooo! Today is a day to celebrate. I just realized that I have achieved level 3 in my Epic Life Quest. Stay tuned as…
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Derik’s Favorite Trace Flags – SQL Hammer
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Recommended defaults Tempdb Trace Flag 1118 – Allocate full extents only Details: Trace Flags 1117, 1118, and Tempdb Configuration | Misconceptions around TF1118 Monitoring Trace…
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Do we care about development environment performance? – SQL Hammer
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Recently, but not for the first time, I was confronted with a server administrator that didn’t want to allocate more than one vCPU to a…
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Discovering Symantec NetBackup – SQL Hammer
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I have worked with a large organization (150,000+ employees). This organization has a central location and hundreds of subordinate sites. Headquarters (HQ) has dictated…
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Implicit Conversion Mine Field: Blowing SARGability away! – SQL Hammer
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Implicit conversions are convenient. Implicit conversions are EVIL! When talking to professionals about implicit conversions, I’ve heard a few different comments, such as: (a…
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Trace flags every DBA should know about
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I have compiled a list of trace flags which I recommend enabling by default on all of you SQL Server instances and ones which…
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Do not use percentage based auto-growth
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Having autogrowth enabled on your SQL Server instance is great! Even in IT shops where you diligently right-size your database files (which is a good…