How Do We Handle the Volume? I read Seth Godin’s blog pretty regularly (me and about a billion other people) and his recent post about volumes of information really struck a nerve. You can read the short post here. The gist of the post is that the incredibly increasing volume of information simply isn’t going to be slowing down any […]
Author: Stephen Wynkoop
A Holiday Weekend (in the US)… Are You Prepared?
A Holiday Weekend (in the US)… Are You Prepared? Holiday weekends are nice – and you should be able to truly enjoy it by being on call, but being prepared. One of the more complex things to do when setting up your systems is to NOT be the single point of failure – the bottleneck in getting things done or […]
Today is the Last Day to Register – SharePoint Expo
Featured Script Collect Free Disk Space This Procesdure will capture the free space on each drive in a table. Best used scheduled to run once per day then you can us… (read more) Today is the Last Day to Register – SharePoint Expo Our SharePoint expo is tomorrow – we’ll have some excellent sessions, 4 in total, all about truly […]
Compression, Data Deduplication and Storage Management
Only a day left to register… SSWUG SharePoint Expo – May 28th The May SharePoint Expo from SSWUG.ORG is a free event, open to all. The expo will include sessions on SharePoint from top-name presenters. These are encore presentations of top-rated sessions from the Virtual Conference – released to the community during this expo event. Available for 7 days beginning […]
Data Sizes, and De-Duplication for Optimization?
Featured Script How to select n random rows Demo of a quick and easy way to select n random #rows … (read more) SelectViews Show Craig Utley on the show today with both an interview and special tips for Analysis Services. Also – SQL Server news, the SQL Server tip of the day, SharePoint happenings and more. Watch the show […]
Database Growth Feedback from Readers
SelectViews Show Craig Utley on the show today with both an interview and special tips for Analysis Services. Also – SQL Server news, the SQL Server tip of the day, SharePoint happenings and more. Watch the show here SSWUG SharePoint Expo – May 28th The May SharePoint Expo from SSWUG.ORG is a free event, open to all. The expo will […]
What are YOUR Data Growth Trends?
SelectViews Show Craig Utley on the show today with both an interview and special tips for Analysis Services. Also – SQL Server news, the SQL Server tip of the day, SharePoint happenings and more. Watch the show here SSWUG SharePoint Expo – May 28th The May SharePoint Expo from SSWUG.ORG is a free event, open to all. The expo will […]
Craig Utley on SelectViews Today – Analysis Services and More
New show posted today – and lots of updates and events – check it out! Are you an Accidental DBA? This virtual workshop will help. Guaranteed. More information is here. New SelectViews Show Craig Utley on the show today with both an interview and special tips for Analysis Services. Also – SQL Server news, the SQL Server tip of the […]
Free Virtual Expo: SharePoint – 4 Great Sessions
Accidental DBA Workshop – Register Now! This workshop, by Microsoft SQL Server MVP Stephen Wynkoop will explore what you need to know about running your SQL Server systems. Built specifically for you if you’re looking to get your arms around your servers and managing them going forward, it’s all here. [Find out More Here] [Get The Workshop Outline] [Register] Featured […]
Surprising SQL Server Security Setup Gotcha…
Featured Article(s) Molecular MDX: Change Across Periods and Periods-to-Date Aggregations, Part 2 Part 2: Understand the basics of comparing periods, and accomplish year-to-date and other time-based aggregations, across the Time dimension. Join author Bill Pearson in a practical introduction to the mechanics of time and the analysis of change from period to period, as well as period-to-date aggregation at multiple […]