Posts by Brent Ozar

For the rest of December, I’m out vacationing in China and Japan. For this episode, I’m coming to you from the People’s Park in Zhengzhou, China, which is kinda like the Chicago of China. It’s in the middle of the US, bigger than people think (13 million people), and has beautiful parks. Here’s what we…

I went to LA for the opening week of Somni, a gorgeous restaurant in LA, and took your questions from the rooftop deck of the adorable Petit Ermitage hotel.   Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:37 MyTeaGotCold: When was the last time you did something interesting with Extended Events? 01:25 Josef: Our app slows…

What, doesn’t everyone park a convertible in their dining room? I address the pink elephant in the room, and then take your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:03 MyTeaGotCold: Have you ever had a client turn off RCSI? 01:31 SportsFan101: Hi! My company uses vmware for production(on-prem). Current wait time…

I took your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. At one point, my camera overheats – hang in there, I get it fixed in a few seconds. Here’s what we discussed: 00:00 Start 01:59 MyTeaGotCold: Your HA/DR worksheet mentions a $1,000,000 option for 0/0 RTO/RPO. Where can I learn more about how this? 04:43 Trushit: It was…

There’s a secret theme to the questions I hand-picked from the queue at https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Normally I just take the top-voted ones, but today, see if you can spot the thing they all have in common:   Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:51 Tivan: Hi Brent, I’m facing a deadlock in MS SQL Server with…

That face I’m making in the video thumbnail is priceless. YouTube randomly picks these, and I laughed out loud at this one. Anyhoo, let’s get to answering your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento: Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:59 Mohit: Hello Brent, What options does a DBA have in terms of performance tuning when managing…