Roy Ernest

Roy Ernest (Twitter: @RumblingDBA) currently works as the Manager of the IT-DBA Department for Zarb Corporation. He is the Leader of the Curacao SQL Server User group. Roy is very active in the SQL Server community and volunteers his time for the PASS organization. You can read his blog at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/dba_rumblings/default.aspx. When he is not working he likes to play cricket and enjoy his time with his wife and two kids.

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18 March 2015
18 March 2015

SQL Server Spatial Indexes

Spatial Data in SQL Server has special indexing because it has to perform specialised functions. It is able, for example, to break down an indexed space into a grid hierarchy by using a technique called tessellation. This is a rules-based system that, when you compare a shape to an index, works out how many cells in the the grid hierarchy are touched by that shape , and how deep down the grid hierarchy to search. There is powerful magic in Spatial Indexes as Surenda and Roy explain.… Read more
26 October 2011
26 October 2011

Resource Governor

If you suffer from runaway queries, if you have several database applications with unpredictable fluctuation in workload, or if you need to ensure that workloads get the memory or CPU they need according to certain priorities, then you need Resource Governer, and you need Roy Ernest's clear explanation of the technology.… Read more