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39 from 9 Jun 2008 to 8 May 2014
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2014 1

  1. Resuming posting

2012 9

  1. Now at 5.11 GB/s SQL backup to Null/3.12 GB/s local backup with I/O Accelerators
  2. More clarifications on 3.05 GB/s SQL backup potential for much higher throughput
  3. A couple of corrections on video
  4. 1/4 TB SQL Database backup in under 1 Minute!!! (3.05 GBPS transfer rate)
  5. Quick update on IO Accelerator (testing)
  6. Over 2 GBps SQL Server 2012 backup on 12-core server with 7 Fusion-IO Cards!
  7. Software Quality - 4 Key facets (From Linked-in)
  8. Memory via PCIE-SSD as the authoritative data source
  9. Boolean KMAP reduction code released after 23 years!

2011 2

  1. Update on PCIE-SSD (Fusion-IO) Performance
  2. SSD Updates and Status of Blog

2010 7

  1. PCIE SSD Update - Optimizing SQL Backup Performance
  2. Back again, Dealing with Storage-aligned Index oddities
  3. Indexes and SSDs and Random versus Sequential Access
  4. SSIS – Chunking number of inserts with a For Each container
  5. Using Checksum to create random data sets
  6. Managing Index Fragmentation and Compression
  7. I love SSD

2009 16

  1. Now a SQL Master
  2. Trying to catch up
  3. Nested Identity Keys in SQL?
  4. A Wrapper for Running SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Reports Anonymously
  5. Cautions with Indexed Views
  6. Some Uses for Query Hints
  7. Getting the full exception from .NET
  8. Fun with Enums and a Generic File Date/Time Stamper
  9. Using NTILE with Cross Reference Values to Create Dimensions
  10. Using Persisted Computed Columns in SQL Server Indexes
  11. Auto-Generating Pivot Views
  12. Generating a List of Calendar Dates
  13. Dumping SQL data in pivoted format
  14. SQL Data Warehousing – Tip 2 – Indexed Views
  15. SQL Data Warehousing Tips 1 - Building a Period table
  16. Windows Home Server and Backups for the Paranoid

2008 4

  1. SQL Server Data Model Monitor Series
  2. SQL Server 2005 High-Availability Options (Distilled)
  3. Creating the Infrastructure for Capturing a Data Model
  4. Monitoring Data Model Changes