Security - a major ingredient for every Enterprise to avoid the adversaries attempt to invade your customers’ networks and access their servers—to bring them down, infect them with viruses, or steal information about customers or employees, every day! The recent release of Windows Server 2008 from Microsoft...
We have most of our database systems on 64-bit environment, but one of the application user asked the question what is the advantage of a 64-bit environment in relation to SQL Server application. I would say with the evolution of SQL Server 2005 it has opened many more differentiation between 32- and...
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Continuing on the MAX WORKER THREADS topic from ThisBlog I have been asked about method of calculating the amount of system resources that will be used when the setting is increased to 500 from 255 (default). Well, as one of the best practices you must test the implications and usage in hiking such a...
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SQL Server Compact edition is best used for replication purpose within the enterprise wide with a small footprint in-process database engine that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows Desktops and Mobile Devices. This download contains the files for SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Microsoft...
Performance tuning exercise involves using SYSMON for the server based tasks, also I have seen users referring that MEMORY is at peak level by referring to Task Manager on the server. Not always depend upon the task manager, for optimum information better to rely upon SYSMON counters. In this scenario...
Hot topic in the industry about the server consolidation and how you can take advantage by planning for SQL Server 2008 that is poised to release by next year. DOWNLOAD the document that consits the information on Server Consolidation DOWNLOAD the datasheet for Server Consolidation Finally WebCast on...
With the advent of Windows 2008 (Beta),and basically everyone getting their hands on a copy and trying to learn how to use it, the Windows 2008 Technical Library can be a great resource. The library describes what's new and provides step by step guides to explore the features: http://technet2.microsoft...
You might have come across a situation to have a better understanding on what /3GB or /PAE switch means that are referred in documentations and forums you go on. I will try my best to give you the notes what I have understood so far in this regard. From the available documentation on Technet & MSDN...
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SYSMON aka PERFMON is a best tool to find out the system resources usage on a Windows server, similarly SQL Server 2005 has list of such useful DMVs to get you more information on many of the SQL Server-related objects, instances and counters by using the dm_os_performance_counters View. The results...
As the evolution of Analysis Services has taken to new heights in SQL Server 2005 equally the users are looking to deploy on the large scale and having a need to go though the samples that are helpful. So how about referring to a project that contains Analysis Services (latest edition) samples contributed...