SQL Server Links
Disk Performance Recap – Kendal Van Dyke wrote a long blog series on disk performance, and he sums up his findings in this post.
Slowly Changing Dimensions – a tutorial on how to design for this common data warehouse requirement.
Expert Advice on Virtualizing SQL Server – SQL Server Magazine sent out email questionnaires about this, and my comments are in there along with Kevin Kline’s and others.
DevLink 2009 Call for Speakers – Joe Webb puts out the call for folks in the Tennessee area.
How to Add Custom Links to Your Blog’s RSS Feed – if you’re syndicating your blog at another site like SQLServerPedia, check out Rob’s tips on how to add an automatic footnote to every blog post that explains where the original source is.
Getting SQL Server Help on Twitter – Jeremiah Peschka talks about how he’s gotten help on Twitter when he’s been in a bind.
Cloud and Virtualization Links
SQL Server in the Cloud Coming with Azure – They said it first, not me.
5 years from now, we’ll all be in the clouds – Paul Nielsen believes that the cloud will be the default choice for databases five years from now. Whether you agree or disagree, it’s just wild that we’re even having that discussion.
Citrix Starts Giving Away XenServer – let’s see how long these companies (Citrix and VMware) can go giving away product while simultaneously competing with Microsoft. Reminds me of the browser wars. Here’s a hint: Microsoft has a big war chest of dough, and Citrix…doesn’t.
Google Responds to GFail Outage w/New Dashboard – you can see at a glance what’s up and what’s down, and what the recent history’s been like.
The Junk Drawer
Happy Pancake Day!
Happy Pancake Day! Jay Lee, Houston photographer and funny guy, took this photo to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. I can just imagine what breakfast is like at their place.
The Bloggess Wears My Shirt! – my t-shirt business can now fold. It doesn’t get any better than this.
SQLBatman’s Happiness Coach – no matter what business you’re in, there are some basic keys to success. Tom LaRock shares what he learned from his friend the happiness coach. (Just thinking of that job title makes me wanna hurl.)
Scrum Means Panic – ever been on one of those projects that kept getting later and later, and all of a sudden the project manager freaked out and said, “We gotta meet every morning now! All hands on deck!”
Windows 7 Changes Since the RC – I toyed with 7 briefly when my Macbook Pro went in for service, and I gotta tell ya, I really liked what I saw. It was very attractive, very straightforward, and had a lot of neat little things to offer. If you can get hardware with stable Windows 7 drivers (I didn’t), you won’t get mocked by Apple guys for running it on the day it’s released. (Can’t say the same for the guys who went with Vista on day one.) This article about the continuous improvements in 7 is fun to read.
ASUS Eee PC 901 12GB SSD now $280 after rebate – holy cow, this stuff’s getting cheap. Available in two versions, both with Atom processors, 8.9″ 1024×600 screens, and 6-cell batteries:
- Atom processor, 1gb ram, 12GB solid state drive, Windows XP Home – $280
- Atom processor, 1gb ram, 20GB solid state drive, Linux – $270
Those are going fast, though – only 4 of the Linux ones in stock as I’m publishing this.
well, with an attitude like that, it sounds like YOU could use a Happiness coach, Mr. Grumpy.
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Always like to see information on Cloud Computing! Looks like Australians are starting to wake up to it too with Telstra announcing a $500m spend this week on cloud computing services.