Monthly Archives: October 2011

Tuesday Hardware Tidbits

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Glenn Berry

There have been a few interesting developments on the hardware front over the past week that I want to cover today. First, Intel has released the new Core i7-2700K processor, which is their new top of the line desktop CPU. … Continue reading →

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Denver SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on October 20, 2011

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Glenn Berry

The Denver SQL Server User’s Group will be having their monthly meeting tonight at the Microsoft office in the Denver Tech Center. It will be a PASS Summit 2011 Debrief, where a number of members will give their impressions and … 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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October 2011 SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Since Microsoft has been so busy releasing Cumulative Updates for both SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 over the past few days, I thought it would be a good time to release a new version of my SQL … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU1

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has been busy getting SQL Server Cumulative Updates released over the past couple of days. The latest release is SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU1, which is Build 10.00.5766.00. This update has 19 listed fixes. Remember, this Cumulative Update is … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM CU10

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 10. This is Build 10.50.1807.0, and it has 13 listed fixes. You must have SQL Server 2008 R2 installed before you can install this Cumulative Update. As always, I want … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU3

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 3. This is Build 10.50.2789.0, and it has 22 listed fixes. You must have SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 installed before you can install this Cumulative Update. Especially since Microsoft … 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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Liveblog for Day 2 Keynote at SQL PASS Summit 2011

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Glenn Berry

There are four racks of servers and storage on stage for today’s keynote complete with roaring fans and flashing lights. This means that we are very likely in for some more interesting demonstrations during the keynote presentations today. It is … Continue reading →

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Liveblog for Day 1 Keynote at SQL PASS 2011

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Glenn Berry

It is hard to live tweet or live blog when the Wi-Fi is not working reliably. The keynote starts out with a speech from the PASS President, covering PASS business. Ted Kummert announced that SQL Server Denali will be SQL … Continue reading →

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