Tomorrow evening, I’ll be in-person live at the New England SQL Server User Group. They meet in the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA at 6:30PM. I’ll be covering one of my favorite topics, virtualizing SQL Server:
Virtualization isn’t here to make things faster – it’s here to make things cheaper. The better you know about the compromises it makes, the better you can configure your SQL Servers. Brent Ozar, a Microsoft Certified Master, knows this firsthand because he’s been both a VMware administrator and a SQL Server DBA. He’ll explain how virtualization changes CPU, memory, networking, storage, and high availability. You’ll learn what questions to ask your virtualization sysadmins and how to know if you’re leaving performance on the datacenter floor.
This is a whopping two-hour presentation covering VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, storage, high availability, and disaster recovery. I’ve got hours more of material with me, too, so if you’ve got questions, I’ve got slides.
To attend, RSVPs are required. The easiest way to RSVP is to sign up for their mailing list. This presentation will not be webcast – I’m packin’ light for this trip.
Brent Ozar
Brent specializes in performance tuning for SQL Server, VMware, and storage. He's one of the very few Microsoft Certified Masters of SQL Server, a published author, and a Microsoft MVP. He likes travel, Jeeps, Apple gear, jokes, and writing about himself in the third person. Read more and contact Brent.
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Unfortunately, the meeting is already full. Apologies to anyone who wasn’t already on our list. We’ll try to bring Brent back again sometime soon.
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Are you guys recording the session?
(I am located in Sydney)
Iam very keen to know the downsides of going virtual (vs. physical) and the different options for virtualization.
CU
Peter – no, sorry, this presentation will not be webcast. I’ll be doing a version of it at the PASS Summit in Seattle, though, and they sell DVD copies of the entire Summit’s sessions. That might be a good option for you – it’s not free, but there’s a lot of good training on there. SQLbits.com will also have a recording of my recent virtualization & SAN session for free on their site, too – that one’s only an hour though.
Brent – It was good to finally meet you. I thoroughly enjoyed your session on SQL + Virtualization. Thanks, Rich
Brent, It was great to finally meet you. Thanks for a great presentation on SQL & Virtualization. – Rich
Rich – good to meet you too, and congrats again on the MCM!
When are you coming to Toronto? When ll I get a chance to meet you?
Sunil – unfortunately I don’t have anything scheduled for Toronto right now. Maybe sometime in the future though!
Ooh, I’m upset. It must be very usuful for me, but I missed it ((
Anyway, thank you, your blog is so interesting.