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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 a reference point regarding storage. What I can...

Posted to Grumpy Old DBA (Weblog) by GrumpyOldDBA on 04-03-2008
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 and my experiences have shown that usually...

Posted to Grumpy Old DBA (Weblog) by GrumpyOldDBA on 10-23-2007
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 I though I'd draw attention to is a superb post...

Posted to Grumpy Old DBA (Weblog) by GrumpyOldDBA on 09-19-2007

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