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Webcast Now On Demand: The 5-Minute SQL Server Healthcheck
16 November 09 08:59 PM | Christian | 1 comment(s)

I joined Kevin Kline from Quest on Thursday for a webcast on "The 5-minute SQL Server Healthcheck" which is now available online. I hope you find it useful! http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=10581&technology=34&prod...

Filed under: SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server waits, Troubleshooting

FREE one-day seminar on Optimising SQL Server Performance
08 March 09 01:54 PM | Christian | with no comments

I’m going to be joining Quest Software on 24th March for a seminar on Optimising SQL Server Performance at the Quest offices in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Attendance is FREE and you’ll get a chance to try out Quest’s product range with hands-on-labs: BOOK...

Filed under: SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server waits

New SQL Server 2008 wait types - PREEMPTIVE_* and FT_*
06 June 08 01:05 PM | Christian | 1 comment(s)

I’m a big fan of using SQL Server waits to troubleshoot performance problems so I was pleasantly surprised to see that there are 475 possible wait types in SQL Server 2008 as opposed to 230 in SQL Server 2005. The first interesting ones I’ve looked at...

Filed under: SQL Server 2008, SQL Server waits