My Thoughts about SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2014 is coming. Go ahead and download the public CTP. I’ve just started getting my hands dirty with the new version. Based on that and on the stuff that has already been published, here’s a...
View ArticleThis Can Be the Best Thing in SQL Server 2014
New versions have bombastic and catchy features. But a lot of times, the little, hidden features are the ones that matter the most. I already wrote in the past about the small changes that make a...
View ArticleHow to Limit IO Requests with SQL Server 2014 Resource Governor
Resource Governor was introduced in SQL Server 2008 in order to allow us have better control over our system resource consumption. With Resource Governor, we can divide our users to groups, when each...
View ArticleThings I Learned in 2013
It’s 2014 now. I hope you had fun in new year’s eve. 2013 was an amazing and intense year. To recap it, I thought about sharing some of the things I learned: SQL Server I love Parallelism. Once you...
View ArticleA Community Challenge
Earlier this week, I delivered a presentation called “Query Progress Tracking in SQL Server” to my local user group. Among other techniques, I showed how you can use CXPacket waits and the new...
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