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31 December 2008 15:40

CompareStorage@GrumpyOldDBA

As a slightly seasonal touch of lightness I though I’d just do a comparison of DAS and SAN storage Item DAS SAN Basic Storage Cost Good Hideously expensive Ease of Use Simple How many storage engineers and system administrators does it take to change...
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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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23 October 2007 18:18

How to monitor SAN performance

I was at the Storage Expo last week having a look around for SAN monitoring tools and to speak to a couple of vendors about their tools, yes I know you'll probably think " how sad " < grin > Storage performance can impact SQL Server database performance...
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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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