Virtualization and SAN Basics for DBAs Video

SQL Server
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These two technologies can make a very big — and very bad — difference in how your SQL Server performs. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get the real, honest lowdown from a virtualization administrator, a SAN administrator, and a DBA? Wouldn’t it be even better if one person had done all three, and could give you the pros and cons of each point of view?

In this one-hour session, I explain how virtualization changes CPU, memory, and monitoring, and I show how to get specific recommendations for your make & model of SAN:

The links I discuss in the video are BrentOzar.com/go/san and BrentOzar.com/go/virtual.

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  • Any ideas to make a series available as elearning? Cannot attend any in-person event as I’m from far away.

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  • Sean Perkins
    March 22, 2014 1:21 pm

    Howdy Brent, long time follower here. Wasn’t sure where to ask this question and randomly came across this page in a Google search.

    I’m looking for some clarification of various things I’ve read. I understand it to be best practice to store your transaction logs on a separate drive (spindle) than where you MDFs and NDFs are housed.

    Does this same principal hold true in a virtualized environment on a SAN?

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