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• SQL Saturday - March 6 in Charlotte

  I've been working on my presentation for SQL Saturday in Charlotte - http://www.sqlsaturday.com/33/eventhome.aspx . I will be presenting a session on using the basics of Perfmon to monitor your environment. There is a great line-up of speakers. If you Read More... Posted Monday, March 01, 2010 11:09 AM by RickHeiges | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server Performance, SQL Community, Education, Events, Community, User Group Meetings, Performance

• Perfmon for VMWare ESX

  Recently, I needed to capture some performance data from the host of a virtualized SQL Server. There is a utility called "esxtop" that if run from the ESX Host Command Line, it displays text-based information in columns similar to that which you see in Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:49 PM by RickHeiges | 0 Comments Filed under: VM, SQL Server Performance, Performance

• RAMing SPEED!

  All of us have heard that if you just add memory to your system, it will work faster. This is generally accepted and it makes alot of sense, but what is the math behind it? About 2 years ago, I heard the presenter of a webcast that I was viewing put these Read More... Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 3:31 PM by RickHeiges | 1 Comments Filed under: Education, Performance