Paul Randal

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bio	website	SQLskills.com/blogs/paul
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I'm a consultant/trainer/author, SQL MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, and Contributing Editor of TechNet Magazine and SQL Server Magazine. And I also blog and twitter a ton (twitter.com/PaulRandal), and I'm married to Kimberly Tripp. Phew!

I was on the SQL team for almost 9 nine years - wrote a bunch of DBCC commands (e.g. INDEXDEFRAG, SHOWCONTIG, CHECKDB/repair), and ended up being responsible for the entire Core Storage Engine for SQL 2008.

I'm an expert on internals, HA, maintenance, and disaster recovery. I teach this stuff internally for Microsoft and at conferences/clients around the world.

The answer is usually 'it depends'! :-) Follow me on twitter: @paulrandal

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34	Is it safe to have SQL Server auto-shrink turned on?
22	SQL Server (2005/2008): Does full backup truncate the log in full recovery mode
22	How do I reduce transaction log backup size after a full backup?
22	How can I tell when it is time to defrag my SQLServer database?
21	Find out which database in SQL Server 2005 uses how much RAM

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+30	Find out which database in SQL Server 2005 uses how much RAM
+10	How long should I expect CheckDB with REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS to run
+10	How do I reduce transaction log backup size after a full backup?
+10	SQL Server 2K/2K5/2K8 and Solid State Disks: Specific Optimizations?

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21	Is it safe to have SQL Server auto-shrink turned on?
15	Is there a good way to backup a petabyte of data and store it?
14	Combining SharePoint and Database Mirroring
7	Maximum size of SharePoint content databases
4	Time to recrawl and repopulate a SharePoint search database?

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406 sql-server × 99	32 dba × 8
167 sql-server-2005 × 37	31 database × 12
77 backup × 13	30 defrag × 2
73 sql-server-2008 × 21	26 optimization × 2
34 database-mirroring × 9	25 sql-server-2000 × 8