September 2008 - Posts

• PASS Conference Humor - Tag! You're It!

  Kevin tells a couple funny stories about experiences at PASS Conferences from years past and tags some of his blogging buddies for their best conference stories. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:32 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Humor, Speaking

• Architecture Questions - What's Your Opinion?

  Kevin raises several architectural questions from the audience at his London, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen seminars. What is your opinion? Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:40 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Internals, Speaking, Tips

• SSIS-Data Pump Comparison and Good Links

  Kevin points out some good URLs to look at including a comparison of data pump toos to SSIS and new tool he'll be writing about in the Tool Time column. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:26 PM by KKline | 0 Comments

• Next Week - Speaking in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and London

  I have a busy week in Europe next week, but I hope you can spare a few hours and join me for these free SQL Server seminars on performance tuning and consolidation/virtualization. I really hope I get to see you there! =- Copenhagen, Monday, September Read More... Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:51 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Speaking

• New BI Webcast with Kevin Kline and Douglas McDowell on Sept 18th

  New to Business Intelligence (BI) on the SQL Server platform? Learn about the value of adding BI to your skillset. From the registration page - "Join SQL Server expert Kevin Kline and Managing Director of Solid Quality Mentors, Douglas McDowell, in this Read More... Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:39 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Speaking

• Counting Context Switches, PerfMon Counters, And Other Miscellaneous Notes

  Context switching can be hard to understand and measure. As it turns out, you can use the PerfMon counter System >> Context switches/sec to count all of the switches occurring in and managed by SQLOS, regardless of the application(s) where it originated. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 5:54 PM by KKline | 4 Comments Filed under: Performance