Category Archives: SQL Server 2012

Promoted to Master Group By Thomas LaRock

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Glenn Berry

SQLRockstar Thomas LaRock has updated his blogger rankings this month, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that he had moved me up from the Model group to the Master group. This is quite an honor, since Thomas spends quite … Continue reading →

Posted in SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, Teaching | Tagged | 3 Comments

Speaking at Spring 2012 SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I am going to be one of the speakers at the Spring 2012 SQL Server Connections Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. This conference will be held from March 26-29, 2012, and you can register here. The banner on the conference … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 Licensing and Hardware Considerations

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Last week, Microsoft announced some pretty fundamental changes in how SQL Server 2012 will be licensed compared to previous versions of SQL Server. With SQL Server 2012, there will be three main Editions of SQL Server. These are Enterprise Edition, … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Processors, SQL Server 2012 | Tagged , | 37 Comments

Eighty Logical Cores of Goodness!

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I recently had the opportunity to specify the purchase of a couple of Dell PowerEdge R810 2U servers that will be used as database servers for SQL Server 2008 R2. These two servers have four Intel Xeon E7-4870 (32nm Westmere-EX) … Continue reading →

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October 2011 SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Since Microsoft released the official name for “SQL Server Code Named Denali” last week at the PASS 2011 Summit, it seems like a good time for me to release an updated version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries.  … Continue reading →

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Scaling SQL Server

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Glenn Berry

On Friday, October 14, 2011,  I had the pleasure of delivering my new Scaling SQL Server presentation at the PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle. This was a half-day session, so I had plenty time to present the material and not … Continue reading →

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