April 2011 - Posts

• New Book on the Query Optimizer

  A friend of mine Benjamin Nevarez has written a book on the inner workings of the Query Optimizer and it was just released. I read a preview and was definitely impressed so I expect the full version to be just as good. More details can be found Read More... Posted Saturday, April 09, 2011 7:30 PM by Andrew Kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Documentation, Query Optimizer, Books

• Practical Performance Monitoring and Tuning

  My next performance class will be in San Francisco, CA on May 9th thru the 11th. I haven’t been to San Francisco in about 10 years and I am looking forward to getting back there. The material is a bit refined over the first class and I added a Read More... Posted Saturday, April 09, 2011 5:54 PM by Andrew Kelly | 4 Comments Filed under: Best Paractices, Performance, Speaking, Conferences

• System Center Advisor Collection Details

  The System Center Advisor team (formally Project Atlanta) now lists some pre-release documentation on exactly what information they collect and how you can view it before it gets uploaded. So if you are wondering what they collect you can have Read More... Posted Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:39 AM by Andrew Kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Documentation, Best Paractices, System Center advisor