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23 November 2008 22:31

Testing Times 3

( I was on holiday for three weeks so sorry for the delays ) In my previous posts I briefly mentioned the task in establishing a method to benchmark a SQL Server new build or migration. This hasn't been an easy task by any means and I am under pressure...
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07 October 2008 15:41

Testing Times 1

It's an interesting time with being asked to performance test/benchmark a new server setup for a migration of sql server and data centre. Both current and new servers are SAN attached and it has been what is effectively the testing of the storage...
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03 April 2008 12:53

Disk Partition Alignment ( SANs and Diskpart )

As a further post to my series on what else can affect SQL Server Performance here’s the thorny issue of disk partition alignment. Disclaimer : I don’t get to configure SANs, places I work have dedicated teams and it’s unlikely a DBA would be considered...
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19 September 2007 11:34

Are your SAN drives performing well?

Those that know me know that I consider SAN's to be one of the major bottlenecks to high performance SQL Server databases; certainly my experience over the years has often shown this to be the case - however that's a whole other area for discusion, what...
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