Simple Talk Editorial Team SQL Server Performance Tuning Using Wait Statistics: A Beginner’s Guide This beginner's guide by Jonathan Kehayias and Erin Stellato covers the basics of using wait statistics; topics include the SQLOS scheduler, performance tuning, baselines, and... 01 April 2014 2 min read
.NET Books Chris Farrell in .NET Books Under the Hood of .NET Memory Management As well-engineered as the .NET framework is, it's not perfect, and it doesn't always get memory management right. To write truly fantastic software, you need... 19 June 2012 1 min read
Shawn McGehee SQL Backup and Restore A DBA's tasks, from day-to-day, are rarely constant; with one exception: the need to ensure each and every day that any database in their charge... 26 March 2012 3 min read
Glenn Berry SQL Server Hardware SQL Server Hardware will provide the fundamental knowledge and resources you need to make intelligent decisions about choice, and optimal installation and configuration, of SQL... 08 December 2010 3 min read
Red Gate Books The Red Gate Guide to SQL Server Team-based Development This book shows how to use a mixture of home-grown scripts, native SQL Server tools, and tools from the Red Gate SQL Toolbelt, to successfully... 02 November 2010 5 min read
Brad McGehee Mastering SQL Server Profiler – eBook Download Download Brad McGehee's "from the ground up" guide to SQL Server's most powerful performance diagnostic tool.… 07 October 2009 2 min read
Jacob Sebastian The Art of XSD – eBook Download When information is exchanged in XML format, you need an agreement between the sender and receiver about the structure and content of the XML document.... 07 October 2009 1 min read
Grant Fritchey SQL Server Execution Plans – eBook Download Why is my query running slow? Why isn't my index getting used? In order to answer these questions, you have to ask the same return... 07 October 2009 1 min read
Rodney Landrum SQL Server Tacklebox Free eBook As a DBA, how well-prepared are you to tackle issues such as backup failure due to lack of disk space, or locking and blocking that... 04 August 2009 3 min read
Chris Massey Free eBook: SQL Server Crib-Sheet Compendium For everything you need to know, rather than want to know, about SQL Server Reporting Services, replication, backup, XML, performance, data warehousing and more..… 24 April 2009 1 min read
David Craig Free Download of David Craig’s book Simple Talk gives their subscribers an exclusive Ebook, Rip Off! by David Craig worth £8.50… 30 January 2009 1 min read
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