If you’re currently working as a DBA you’ll know that from time to time problems arise that are not purely inside SQL Server and you have to look to the operating system to find the root.
As SQL Server specialists, we don’t always have a great deal of knowledge of the OS, hardware or networks, just as a sysadmin generally won’t be an expert on databases.
Well, there’s a bunch of guys out there who do know about the operating system underneath SQL Server and have real world experience of the problems a DBA is likely to encounter. They’ve combined their knowledge to write this book and Wrox will be releasing it to Amazon on the 13th January – and I bet it’s going to be popular.
Written to help you troubleshoot your problems and give you advice, the book shows you how to diagnose problems and successfully resolve them.
Ok, so why am I so excited about adding this to my Amazon Wish List? Well over the weekend I was at the SQLBits conference in Newport, Wales and sat in on presentations by three of the five authors. If their presentations are anything to go by, this book is going to be permanently on my desk!
I was lucky enough to see two of Christian Bolton’s talks, one on troubleshooting memory problems, the other on the role statistics play in query optimization. Christian is a Microsoft MVP and Technical Director at Coeo (http://coeo.com), specialist SQL Server consultants.
Twitter : @christianbolton | Blog : sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/christian/
There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Brent Ozar as he’s the SQL Server expert for Quest Software. Like Christian, he’s an MVP and he’s also Editor-in-Chief for SQLServerPedia.
Twitter : @BrentO | Blog : www.BrentOzar.com
I have to give James Rowland-Jones a lot of credit for his presentation on Optimistic Concurrency Internals. On the final day of the conference and the last session of the day at 4pm, he kept it interesting and delivered humor and enthusiasm. I think everyone had a pretty full brain after a couple of days of intense technical training, not to mention plenty of food, beers and some early starts! James is also an MVP so it really was an all-star line-up.
Twitter : @jrowlandjones | Blog : consultingblogs.emc.com/jamesrowlandjones.
This was my first SQLBits and I was amazed at the high standard of all the presenters I watched. Thanks to Christian, Brent and James for sharing your knowledge and tempting me to buy your book!
To pre-order your copy, visit Amazon with the ISBN number 978-0-470-48428-9.
As SQL Server specialists, we don’t always have a great deal of knowledge of the OS, hardware or networks, just as a sysadmin generally won’t be an expert on databases.
Well, there’s a bunch of guys out there who do know about the operating system underneath SQL Server and have real world experience of the problems a DBA is likely to encounter. They’ve combined their knowledge to write this book and Wrox will be releasing it to Amazon on the 13th January – and I bet it’s going to be popular.
Written to help you troubleshoot your problems and give you advice, the book shows you how to diagnose problems and successfully resolve them.
Ok, so why am I so excited about adding this to my Amazon Wish List? Well over the weekend I was at the SQLBits conference in Newport, Wales and sat in on presentations by three of the five authors. If their presentations are anything to go by, this book is going to be permanently on my desk!
I was lucky enough to see two of Christian Bolton’s talks, one on troubleshooting memory problems, the other on the role statistics play in query optimization. Christian is a Microsoft MVP and Technical Director at Coeo (http://coeo.com), specialist SQL Server consultants.
Twitter : @christianbolton | Blog : sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/christian/
There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Brent Ozar as he’s the SQL Server expert for Quest Software. Like Christian, he’s an MVP and he’s also Editor-in-Chief for SQLServerPedia.
Twitter : @BrentO | Blog : www.BrentOzar.com
I have to give James Rowland-Jones a lot of credit for his presentation on Optimistic Concurrency Internals. On the final day of the conference and the last session of the day at 4pm, he kept it interesting and delivered humor and enthusiasm. I think everyone had a pretty full brain after a couple of days of intense technical training, not to mention plenty of food, beers and some early starts! James is also an MVP so it really was an all-star line-up.
Twitter : @jrowlandjones | Blog : consultingblogs.emc.com/jamesrowlandjones.
This was my first SQLBits and I was amazed at the high standard of all the presenters I watched. Thanks to Christian, Brent and James for sharing your knowledge and tempting me to buy your book!
To pre-order your copy, visit Amazon with the ISBN number 978-0-470-48428-9.
