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Patching the operating system is essential to keeping your server secure and performing optimally. Patching is as easy as running an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. However, this can cause some unintended consequences. For one, MySQL server will also be upgraded...
If you're noticing a significant drop in performance, as well as frequent index fragmentation, you might have an issue with page splits, especially if your fill factor is set to default on all of your indexes. What Are Page Splits? Page splits occur when there is...
With the release of SQL Server 2022 for mainstream, we checked in with our DBAs to see what they are most excited about in the new version. We have all been waiting patiently for this release and are really happy to see it drop for mainstream support. Parameter...
Is SQL 2016 older than SQL 2005? Or is your outdated SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) lying to you? Sometimes, the most interesting discoveries come from being lazy. Case in point: I was working with a few other DBAs on a client system having issues with...
Rotating MySQL logs is important because logs can take up a lot of disk space if left unmanaged. For example, an untuned database can lead to a lot of slow queries being logged. The error log can become large if it includes notes and warnings. Additionally, binlogs...
This blog is a follow-up to my other blog, Setting up FSLogix with Azure Virtual Desktop, for troubleshooting common issues I have seen when using FSLogix with AVD. I will include steps to resolve them and other troubleshooting methods you can use when you run into...
Implementing FSLogix within your Azure Virtual Desktop environment provides an optimized experience for your end users. For example, a non-persistent Pooled Windows AVD host pool will allow the user to have a decreased sign-in time because user profiles are stored in...
Database administrators need to know databases as well as the operating system (OS) their database is running on. Bash scripting is where the two merge. For the beginner, bash scripting can be intimidating, but all have the same basic structure: a beginning, middle,...
Multi-GHz processors need maximum memory bandwidth to reach their full potential.SQL Server needs maximum memory bandwidth to reach its full potential. They need to access memory as fast and with as much throughput as possible. A bottleneck develops when processors...
A properly designed virtualized SQL Server instance running in a VM with Windows Server (or Linux), using vSphere is crucial to the successful implementation of enterprise applications. One main difference between designing for performance of critical databases and...