I’m a SQL Server DBA expert for Quest Software.
Brent Ozar
I work for Quest Software, the makers of Toad, LiteSpeed, Spotlight, Capacity Manager and other cool tools for SQL Server. Until 2008, I worked in the field as a database administrator. I’ve also done SAN administration, VMware implementations, and software architecture, so I’ve been involved with all kinds of aspects of databases.
I’m a coauthor of the book Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting. The book is designed to give you everything you need to troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server, start to finish – storage, memory, error logs, you name it – inside a single thick book.
I’m sort of a community ambassador for Quest’s SQL Server group. If you run into a problem with Quest’s people, products or processes, feel free to talk to me via email or any of the social networks I’m on. I can’t be the first person you call with a tech support question, but if anything else isn’t going quite the way you want, let me know and I’ll poke around inside the company to help make things right. If you’d rather use my Quest email, that’s Brent.Ozar@Quest.com.
I’m Editor-in-Chief at SQLServerPedia.
It’s a a wiki and blog about SQL Server. I take my experiences, blog about it here and at SQLServerPedia, and I record free SQL Server tutorial videos.
I’m available for SQL Server consulting.
I do side work on nights & weekends. If you’re running into performance problems and you want a second opinion, I can help. I specialize in a short turnaround process that involves:
- Helping you set up performance monitoring
- Interpreting the performance metrics and slow queries
- Writing a concise, easy-to-follow plan for you to improve performance (here’s a sample report)
This process generally takes about two days and is done remotely without travel expense or remote access to your systems. Contact me and I’d be happy to give you references, rates and my availability. You can also check my resume.
How to Contact Me
You can email me at brento@brentozar.com or catch me on Twitter as @BrentO.
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Greetings Brent
I really enjoy your website. The format is easy to find and read articles and the contents very informative and easy to follow- thank you.
I am a relatively new SQL Server DBA (2 years)on a team of 7 global DBAs for a large company supporting 400 Windows servers with over 6000 databases. I have no formal training, just on the job swim or sink..Im a quick study that thrives on emergency room support so have survived this long. Google is my best friend, however, with all the sql server books, webcasts, groups and training out there one could be over whelmed with information (in a good way).
My company now is turning to us looking for agressive cost reduction ideas across IT (in particular Sql Server). We are in process of consolidating to save on license cost. With your strong background in sql server and Windows and networking…may I pick your brain a bit on any ideas you may have come across on how other large companies are implementing IT cost reduction (without cutting people)…Also, are you on linked in by chance? our firewalls dont allow access to twitter. Thank you for your time.
Darlene DeRouchey (Lincolnshire,IL)
Hi, Darlene! Yep, I’m on LinkedIn – you can search for me by name on there, or click the LinkedIn icon on the left side of this page.
I did a webcast with Kevin Kline and Ron Talmage last year on cost cutting with consolidation, virtualization and more. You can watch it for free here:
http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=7853&technology=&prod=&prodfamily=&loc=
Hope that helps!
hi…
Mr. Brent
i am amar from india. i have 1 year exp. in 9iDba
Your format is easy to find and read articles and the contents very informative and easy to follow.
a lots of thanks for your working
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i feel a positive energy thorough your writings. great thanks!
i like them. I’m thinking about following your way about focusing from developing to being a DBA. my job is currently developer/DBA mix in a small company. I’m also sharepoint developer/admin. does it matter to be a DB2 or Oracle DBA or to be SQL Server DBA in making money?
Hi, Reza. Don’t pick platforms based on the ability to make money – your biggest hurdle will be getting that first job. Whatever platform you can get trained on and work your way into a DBA job, that’s the one to go for. Hope that helps!