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Brad McGehee Brad McGehee
Brad is an Industry speaker, writer, and consultant on Microsoft SQL Server, specializing in SQL Server performance tuning, clustering, and high availability. He is the founder of www.SQL-Server-Performance.Com, and oversaw its growth to 350,000 visits each month. He is now Director of DBA Education at Red Gate Software. Brad is a frequent speaker at SQL PASS, SQL Connections, SQL Server user groups, and other industry seminars, and he is the author or co-author of more than 12 technical books and over 100 published articles. He spends what time he has left with his family in Hawaii. He is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, MCSE+I, MCSD, MCT
SQL Server 2008: Performance Data Collector
by Brad McGehee | 29 December 2008 |
With Performance Data Collector in SQL Server 2008, you can now store performance data from a number of SQL Servers in one central location. This data is collected by a collection set on each server and stored in a shareable management data warehouse (MDW). Reports... Read more...
Tech-Fest of Champions: How to run a community IT conference
by Brad McGehee | 04 November 2008 |  1 comment |
Everybody who attended seems to speak well of the IndyTechFest. It is a great example of how to organise a free local conference for IT people who wish to increase their skills and knowledge. So how is it done? Brad McGehee decided to find out by talking to one of... Read more...
SQL Server 2008: The New Data Types
by Brad McGehee | 11 October 2008 |  10 comments |
Brad continues his helicopter-level view of the most interesting new features of SQL Server 2008 with a look at the new data types, their use and their significance. Read more...
Brad's Sure DBA Checklist
by Brad McGehee | 19 September 2008 |  4 comments |
Sometimes,all a DBA needs, to help with day-to-day work, is a checklist of best-practices and dos and don’ts. It provides a handy reminder. We asked Brad to provide one. Read more...
Policy-Based Management
by Brad McGehee | 26 August 2008 |  3 comments |
Every DBA knows the frustration of trying to manage tens of servers, each of which has a subtly different configuration. Policy-based management, now introduced in SQL Server 2008, could ease a lot of this pain. Brad McGehee explains.... Read more...
Management Studio Improvements in SQL Server 2008
by Brad McGehee | 14 August 2008 |  40 comments |
Not everybody who had to use Management Studio when it first appeared in SQL Server 2005 liked it. The paint was still wet and there was still scaffolding around. To give Microsoft its' credit, it has succeeded in transforming it into a much more useful product, in... Read more...
How to Track Down Deadlocks Using SQL Server 2005 Profiler
by Brad McGehee | 20 June 2008 |  21 comments |
It is irritating, sometimes alarming, for the user to be confronted by the 'deadlock message' when a deadlock happens. It can be a tiresome business to prevent them from occurring in applications. Fortunately, the profiler can be used to help DBAs identify how... Read more...
Professional Certification for DBAs
by Brad McGehee | 16 June 2008 |  31 comments |
In this article, republished from Brad McGehee's book 'How to Become an Exceptional DBA', Brad explains why there are several advantages for DBAs in continuing to take exams throughout their careers. Read more...
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