Azure Billing per minute and No Compute Charge for a stopped IaaS VM
*Updated to account for Stopped (Deallocated) which means stopped from the portal, not just shutdown from inside the instance!!! You asked for it Microsoft did it. Billing per minute is pretty...
View ArticleSQLCAT.com has left the building, but not really…
Wow, it has been entirely too long since I have posted anything. But I can assure it has been for good reason. I have been neck deep in Hekaton, Column Store and a few other treats in SQL 14....
View ArticleHead Blocking Script, Again…
Did I mention I use this blog to keep scripts so I do not lose them? Well, I do, it is easier to find stuff on the internet than it is on my own machine. This script is not new, it is not extra special...
View ArticleNew Paper Released on SQL 2014 Cardinality Estimation
There is a new Cardinality Estimator in SQL 2014. I wanted to drop a quick post to cover a few key points; All of this can be found in Optimizing Your Query Plans with the SQL Server 2014 Cardinality...
View ArticleSQL 2014 Standard Edition Improvements
Good News Everyone! SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition has new features for 2014. 1. Increase in supported RAM to 128GB. 2. Addition of Buffer Pool Extension (BPE). Imagine BPE as a warm cache for...
View ArticleSQL 2014 In-Memory OLTP papers released
We have released a new feature in SQL Server 2014 that may significantly improve OLTP application performance called “In-Memory OLTP” codename “Hekaton”. A single blog post cannot come close to...
View ArticleWindows Azure Privacy, Security and Compliance
One of the questions that is very common among customers is what is the security compliance of Azure? This is a very short question with a very long answer. To shorten your search visit the Microsoft...
View ArticleSQL 2012 and SQL 2014 NUMA Fix
SQL 2012 and SQL 2014 NUMA Fix Typically a SQL Server Cumulative Update release is not a noteworthy event, however SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU9 and SQL Server 2014 CU1 include a fix that is noteworthy from...
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SQL Server 2014 Managed Lock Priority for Partition Switch and Online Reindex
Online reindex and partition switch have both been around for a while now, however one of the biggest issues which still exists is they both require a schema modification lock which is very unfriendly...
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SQL Server 2014 Updatable Columnstore Index
I have had many calls with customers that essentially ended with your I/O subsystem cannot keep up with your workload. The obvious next question was how do we solve that? My answer was usually get a...
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