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Troubleshooting SQL Server Storage Problems

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Massive Speed and High Availability
Massive Speed and High Availability
Aug 01, 2013
Question: William asks, “I have a SQL Server which needs both high availability (HA) and high-speed storage. Even SAN storage with SSD-based hard drives isn’t providing the performance levels that we are looking for, while still getting the ...
Can LUNs Be Extended Online Under VMware and Hyper-V?
Can LUNs Be Extended Online Under VMware and Hyper-V?
Nov 26, 2012
All to often I see system admin teams taking SQL Server offline in order to expand LUNs either in a virtual or within a physical environment. This is what I like to call "taking an outage for NO reason". There's no reason whatsoever to take ...
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I Have A Love/Hate Relationship with VMware Capacity Planner
Sep 25, 2012
One of the tools which is going to be very familiar to anyone who has gone through a Physical to Virtual migration using VMware, is the VMware Capacity Planner.  This tool runs on a machine within your network and gathers up a wealth of perf...
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Some Storage Vendors Just Don't Have a Clue About Databases
May 16, 2012
As we all know I love EMC products. I've been using them for years at a variety of companies and have gotten the performance that I need from them. Recently, I was shown a whitepaper from EMC titled "Backup and Recovery for Microsoft SQL...
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