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Collect and Store Historical Performance Counter Data Using DMVs

In my preparations for all my presentations for 2011 regarding Dynamic Management Views and Functions as well as my consolidation efforts of instances at work, I found myself mulling over the easiest way to capture some of the metrics I would be using for determining current load on my SQL Server instances and capacity planning(…)

A Holiday Wish

As I was sitting around on this snowy Sunday working on presentations, articles, and even a bit of work-related issues I was watching The Santa Clause for the 95th time with my kids and it hit me that there is a goldmine sitting out there for Hollywood: live action re-makes of those classic Rankin and(…)