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Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy!
SQL Server Links
- Why people think some SQL Server 2000 behaviors live on… 12 years later – An interesting look at an often misunderstood behaviour this week from Aaron Bertrand (Blog|Twitter).
- Looking at External Disk Performance using USB 3.0 and eSATA with SSD – Building your own portable SQL lab, then you’ll most certainly want to read this. Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter) shares the results of his latest performance benchmarks and I think you will be surprised by the results.
- Why We Follow Best Practices – Well because it’s the best of course duh. Robert L. Davis(Blog|Twitter) discusses why Best Practices are just the beginning and shares how he likes to tailor guidance dependant on the audience.
- How to Get Money From Managers Video – It’s that time of year where you want to start booking training and Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) shares some advice on how to get buy-in from management.
- SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 Diagnostic Queries for March 2012 – Make sure you’re using the latest version of these excellent scripts from Glenn Berry (Blog|Twitter).
- What’s Stopping You – from Snooping? – Do you have a guilty concious? Of course not! As Data Professionals we all know that the value of our data assets and to respect them. Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) discusses.
- TOP 3 THINGS YOU SHOULD LEARN IN SQL 2012 – Looking ahead to the release of SQL 2012 later this year, Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter) shares what you should be looking at now in order to get ahead.
- Achieving Good Performance is More Than Tuning Queries and Indexes – Achieving truly good performance requires a deeper understanding of the “black box” explains Allan Hirt (Blog|Twitter).
- Why Availability Groups Make It Cool Again to Be a Sysadmin – As is we were not all cool enough already Kendra Little (Blog|Twitter) explains how SQL2012 is going to unlock the inner sysadmin in us all once more.
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Misc Technology Posts
- Google implements privacy policy despite EU warning
- Apple iPad 3 expected on 7 March following press event
- Powerful, wallet-sized Raspberry Pi computer sells out in SECONDS
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Have a great weekend!
