An Azure VM with 8 KB Sector Size Can Break SQL Server
I ran into an odd Azure issue today and wanted to share it because I wish more people knew about it. A lot of the…
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Get Your Money’s Worth from Your Read-Only Nodes with Round-Robin Routing
I was working on a four-node Availability Group migration and learned something new. Thanks to Brian Tanquary for showing me this trick. Without round-robin routing,…
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10 Things That Surprised Me About PostgreSQL
I’m learning PostgreSQL so I can support it. Everyone told me it was easy. Some even said it was better than SQL Server. Let’s just…
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Overcoming Brain Rot through a Technology Detox
Lately I’ve been thinking about brain rot. Most people use that term to describe the mental decline that comes from consuming endless low-value content. TikTok,…
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Your Backup Job Succeeded. Your Backup Didn’t.
I keep seeing this problem. Jobs say success, but the backups are not usable.If backups are not your top priority, they should be. In many…