October 2009 - Posts

• Performance Data Gathering

  As a DBA, one of the things I struggled with was gathering all my important system information in one place, so I could see easily where my problems might be. Gathering perfmon data, combining it with trace data, adding in disk space information - it Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 9:28 AM by AllenMWhite | 9 Comments Filed under: Database Administration, PowerShell

• [Tagged] Anatomy of a Geek

  I got tagged by my buddy Michael Coles, aka Sergeant SQL to talk about how I "became" a geek. (I use quotes because I've really always been a geek.) Back in the 9th grade (1968 for those of you counting) my math teacher asked if there was anyone in the Read More... Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 8:44 PM by AllenMWhite | 4 Comments