In the SQL Server database management, gathering fragmentation statistics can be kind of a black box: it’s time-consuming, and you have no idea how far along it is. Enter Live Insight, a game-changer within Minion Reindex that provides real-time visibility into the process. Live Insight gives you progress every step of the way. Yup, yup, …
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2020 has made us miss going to conferences. Meeting people is harder, and networking is much harder. We all need a good excuse to call up old colleagues and have a chat about work and life. That’s why we’ve started a new podcast called DBAs@Home! In DBAs@Home episode 1, host Jen McCown sits down with …
Let’s have a liltle fun with PowerShell. Along with, I suppose, a couple of useful things and links.
You’re gonna need more info When you read a job spec for “database administratorâ€, it does not simply say: Performance Monitoring It says something like: Database Performance Tuning Database Security Promoting Process Improvement Problem Solving Presenting Technical Information Database Management Data Maintenance Operating Systems (List taken in part from Hiring.Monster.com.) So why are the most popular DBA tools, performance monitoring …
Microsoft Certified Master Sean McCown has spent the last five or ten years blogging and ranting at MidnightDBA.com. We’ve compiled some of the best – worst? – rants in the FREE eBook “DBA Rants from a Microsoft Certified Master” for your amusement and perusal.