Cindy Gross: Small Bites of Big Data, Small Data, All Data

Small Bites of Big Data, Small Data, All Data for Hadoop, SQL Server, Hive, Distributed Systems, Scale Out....

How to use PsGetSid for SQL Server

To translate a SID to a name or vice versa, you can use this tool from sysinternals: PsGetSid v1.43...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/29/2009

Checklist for upgrading to a new version of SQL Server

Here is the basic process for a full version upgrade (such as 2000 to 2008) of the SQL Server...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/28/2009

How People Abuse Their SQL Server Transaction Log - Things NOT to Do

Care and Feeding of the Transaction Log Want to learn more about how the transaction log works?...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/28/2009

Considerations for installing SQL Server on VMWare

You still need to follow the standard SQL Server best practices, security, and preparation when you...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/23/2009

Checklist for installing SQL Server 2005 as a clustered instance

Checklist for installing SQL Server 2005 as a clustered instance Windows/Hardware 1) Verify the...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/23/2009

SQL Server and TCP Chimney

If you are using SQL Server or Analysis Services: I suggest you double check that your SNP settings,...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/22/2009

There is still time to register for the 2009 SQL PASS Summit

If you are considering going to SQL PASS this year Nov 2-5 there are several different discounts...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/19/2009

How to automate Update Statistics

For SQL Server 2005 here are some options to update statistics with the default settings that...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/16/2009

SQL Server with NetApp SAN

If you are planning to use NetApp as the SAN for your SQL Server instance(s), take a look at these...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 10/16/2009

SQL Server Security Granularity

I have had some questions recently about how to grant developers certain permissions without giving...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 09/02/2009

x64 Windows - Upgrade from 32bit SQL Server to 64bit SQL Server

Many people are now upgrading from 32bit to 64bit SQL Servers. Most of you have a match between your...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 07/07/2009

Windows 7 upgrades half price for a few days only!

You can pre-order Windows 7 starting Friday, June 26, 2009 at midnight eastern time and get at least...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 06/25/2009

SQL Server Consolidation

Many companies are now looking to consolidate their SQL Server instances. The old strategy of one...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 06/12/2009

SQL Server 2005 Clustering Tips/References

I have copied this over from an older blog. I have cleaned it up a bit to clarify a few areas and...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 06/10/2009

SQL Server 2005/2008 Now Supports Guest Clustering in a Virtual Machine!

Technorati Tags: SQL Server,virtualization Guest clustering in a Virtual Machine for SQL Server has...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 05/19/2009

SQL Server 2008 SP1 is now available

SQL Server 2008 SP1 (build 2531) is now available. Downloads SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 04/09/2009

Introduction to Policy Based Management

Thanks to Lara Rubbelke for teaching me about PBM! See the attached PBM.zip for a full slide deck...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 03/12/2009

Previous blogs on SQLCommunity.com

Connect.Microsoft.com By Cindy Gross on Monday, March 09, 2009 12:15:56 AM Want to provide feedback...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 03/12/2009

How to configure DTC for SQL Server in a Windows 2008 cluster

How to configure DTC for SQL Server in a Windows 2008 cluster [This post was revised 11 May 2009...

Author: Cindy Gross Date: 02/22/2009

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