SQL Server won’t start due to LUNs being unavailable
This question came up on ServerFault a while back and a wanted to expand on the solution more. The basic problem that the person was having was that the iSCSI disks were taking a long time to come online which was causing the SQL Server to crash when the server was rebooted. The solution that […]
Slide decks from Dallas Tech Fest Sessions
This last Saturday I spoke at Dallas Tech Fest, where I had two great groups in my two sessions. As promised here are the slide decks for the two sessions which I presented. Index Internals Optimizing SQL Server Performance in a Virtual Environment I hope everyone had as good a time at the conference that […]
HA vs DR, what’s it all mean
People often get HA (High Availability) and DR (Disaster Recovery) mixed up. There are a couple of reasons that this happens. First is the fact that there aren’t any clear guidelines which separate the two. There are standard terms which are used to help define HA and DR, but there’s nothing which says this is […]
Any testing on the effect of Hiding NX/XD flag from guest with SQL Server on ESX?
During the webcast which I did for the SQL PASS Virtulization Virtual Chapter on July 13th, 2011 a question came up that I didn’t have the answer for. The question was if I had done “Any testing on the effect of Hiding NX/XD flag from guest with SQL Server on ESX?”. I hadn’t done any […]