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Entries for March, 2011

SQL Clustered Instances automatic Max Server Memory settings

In our environment we have several SQL clusters, most of them in an active-active configuration. Microsoft recommends that the sum of all maximum server memory for all instances is equal to the total installed memory – memory reserved for the system. This means that during normal circumstances, more than half of the memory is not [...]

Feedback results of my last presentation

I recently received the feedback results of the presentation I gave for the Belgian SQL Users Group. 3 questions were asked: Fulfilled this evening your technical expectations? How do you evaluate the speaker about his presentation skills? How do you evaluate the speaker about his knowledge of the subject? The results: What I can conclude [...]

Presentation Belgian SQL Users Group: SQL Server Forensics – Playing CSI with a database

Last week I gave a presentation to the Belgian SQL Users Group about database forensics. You can download the presentation here. Thanks to Kevvie Fowler, I may also put the contents (demo databases, forensic scripts) available for download. The included scripts are also published on the Application Forensics website, check there for updates. If you [...]