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What Is Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)?
Bare metal to cloud hosted virtual machines Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) is a four-letter word in every sense, well beyond simply the number of...
What Is Data Lake Management?
Through better data lake management, organizations can prevent highly disorganized data lakes from becoming data swamps. Data lakes offer...
Business Reasons to Use a Hybrid Cloud Solution
Organizations are finding that the most effective way to use public cloud resources is by employing a hybrid cloud model. Team productivity and...
Top Four Benefits of Consolidating Relational Database Monitoring Tools
Increasingly, organizations are evaluating the benefits of consolidating relational database monitoring tools. When organizations grow, their...
Improve ETL Performance by Disabling Non-clustered Indexes
Perhaps you just read the title and thought, “Disable indexes…say what?” Stay with me here, and I'll show you how this...
Top Four Benefits of Software Vendor Consolidation for Database Tools
For data-driven organizations, the benefits of software vendor consolidation for database tools can provide a competitive edge. Vendor...
What Is Server Performance Monitoring?
Server performance monitoring is a practice designed to maintain high levels of database performance and availability. It allows organizations...
The Benefits of What-If Analysis for Database Performance Management
For data-driven organizations, there are many benefits of what-if analysis to take advantage of. A method of evaluating the outcome of certain...
Columnstore Index for SQL Server
Introduction When we talk about SQL Server indexes, we are usually discussing the rowstore clustered or non-clustered index. However, along with...
How to Effectively Reduce SQL Server Database Index Fragmentation
SQL Server database index fragmentation is a problem faced by many database administrators (DBAs). It is an issue that can seriously impact database...
Filtered Indexes and Performance
Introduction During a recent SQL Server Performance Tuning consultation, I was asked a fascinating question by a Senior DBA working with me from the...
Being a Proactive DBA Makes You More Productive
A career as a database administrator (DBA) should appeal to individuals interested in a job that involves a diverse range of duties and technical...
The Most Surprising SQL Antipattern We Use
Do you like hammering nails with screwdrivers? Me neither, but all too often we take this kind of approach when writing our SQL queries. We use the...
Why Should You Care About Crypto Mining on Your SQL Servers?
Many different types of malware are floating around out there. Some of the variants are purely destructive and are designed to simply delete data....
Identifying SQL Server Performance Problems Part 3
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Troubleshooting Over-Indexing for Performance
Introduction I have now warned several times against the mindset that suggests indexing is a silver bullet for SQL Server performance. In the...
The Most Important Metrics for Monitoring MySQL Databases
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Troubleshooting Under-Indexing for Performance
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Why Automation is Mandatory for Database Administrators
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Make Sure You are Using the Right Kind of SQL Server Backup
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Beginning Indexes for SQL Server Performance
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Don’t Let Increased GDPR Fines Hurt Your Bottom Line
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Why You Need to Care About SQL Server Fragmentation
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
The Benefits of Consolidating Your Database Support Tools
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Identifying Performance Problems Part 2
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Make Sure Your SQL Servers Don’t Get Lost in the Cloud
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Geek Sync | Automating Database Administration Is No Longer Optional
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Identifying Performance Problems Part 1
Every server, database, storage appliance and network encounter some sort of performance issues. It is a major part of our job as database...
Best Practices for Your SQL Server Security
SQL Server security has always been important. Protecting the enterprise data resources stored in SQL Server databases is arguably the prime...