December 2008 - Posts

• A response to Linchi Shea's excellent posts on fragmentation

  In case this is your first visit to SQLBlog.com, Linchi Shea does very methodical analysis of the performance and behaviour of disk arrays. His most recent listings specifically explore file fragmentation and its affects on performance on storage. The Read More... Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 6:08 PM by James Luetkehoelter | 0 Comments

• Kalen's latest editorial from SQL Mag newsletter

  If you haven't already read it, Kalen has another great editorial in the latest copy of the SQL Mag e-newsletter. What I love about this is not just pointing out some behaviours that others may not be aware of (she focus an database recovery issues, near Read More... Posted Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:20 PM by James Luetkehoelter | 3 Comments

• The devil in the details...

  I haven't written a post in awhile, mostly because my fridge keeps falling on me and trapping me for months. Seriously, I've had some changes and have moved back into a permament position doing a plethora of activities (DBA to BI to AppDev and maybe even Read More... Posted Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:09 PM by James Luetkehoelter | 4 Comments