Month: October 2010

SQL Server on Power-Saving CPUs? Not So Fast.

Last Updated October 30, 2010

StackOverflow went through a few infrastructure upgrades this week. Jeff Atwood blogged about the changes, and Kyle Brandt goes into more detail. Here’s a short recap of some of the SQL Server changes: Changed physical server models (from IBM/Lenovo to Dells) Went from two quad-core Xeons to two six-core Xeons Enabled hyperthreading (so it looked…

My PASS Lightning Talk Preview Video

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

#SQLPass

At this year’s PASS Summit, we’re adding a series of sessions called Lightning Talks. In a normal one-hour time slot, you can sit and watch several presenters give rapid-fire, 5-minute micro-sessions on various topics. My Lightning Talk is “Storage Area Networks Simplified” – I’m covering the two most important things you need to know about…

Watch the PASS Summit Keynote Live Online

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

#SQLPass

For the first time this year, the Professional Association for SQL Server will be broadcasting the PASS Summit keynote live on the web! Each day of the Summit, Microsoft staff will open up the day with their keynote speeches: Tuesday – Ted Kummert will be talking about Microsoft’s commitment to mission critical applications and easier…

I’m Sending My Clients To Your Blog

Last Updated May 22, 2012

Brent Ozar

When I deliver my performance tuning recommendations to my clients, I want them to be able to go back to my findings again and again over time, learning more each time they read. One of my favorite tools to help their journey is a list of recommended reading material. I rarely give out links to…

Office 2011 PowerPoint Presenter View

Last Updated February 14, 2017

Brent Ozar

Writing and Presenting

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I just fell in love. If you hook up a projector to your laptop, you can configure the projector to be a second screen rather than a copy of what’s on your laptop display. When you do, your presentation shows up on the projector, but your laptop display shows something else – Presenter View. This…

My Bucket List

Last Updated December 29, 2010

Brent Ozar

Bob Pusateri (Blog – @SQLBob) just posted his Bucket List – the list of things he wants to do before he kicks the bucket. Aaron Bertrand followed up with his. If you haven’t seen the movie The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, I’d highly recommend it. Immediately after seeing that movie, I…

Telling Clients They’re Unusual

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

Professional Development

Consultants need to get around. One of the key differences between consultants and contractors is that contractors tend to stay at the same company for weeks or months, while consultants jump around very quickly from project to project. Most of my engagements are just 3-4 days long: I parachute in, put out the burning fires,…

Sharing Big Files Easily with Amazon S3

Last Updated October 17, 2010

Brent Ozar

Email servers restrict how big your file attachments can be. I frequently ask my clients to send me trace files and diagnostic logs that are hundreds of megabytes (even compressed), and doing this over email just doesn’t work. In the old days, we set up FTP servers to move files around, but FTP uploads aren’t…

Do you know me? That's why I carry this.

The Microsoft MVP Program

Last Updated October 11, 2010

Brent Ozar

I just got my MVP prize package in the mail. The package is artificially big – it’s 95% cardboard, 5% content – but that’s because the really good stuff doesn’t come in boxes. Do you know me? That's why I carry this. MVP awardees get a lot of free software licensing from not just Microsoft,…