Brent Ozar

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I'm a SQL Server expert for Quest Software and the Editor-in-Chief at SQLServerPedia. I'm a former DBA, SAN admin and virtualization admin. I specialize in performance tuning and storage.

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In SQL Server, when should you split your PRIMARY Data FileGroup into secondary data files?
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How do you interview a Database Programmer/ Admin applicant?
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How to exclude indexes from backups in SQL Server 2008
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Virtual vs. Named SQL Instances
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SQL Server - Force DB in memory?
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Cheap clustering for SQL server
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SQL Server 2005 Mirrored DB Recovery
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To use cable management arms or not
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Is Vanilla Powershell Enough of a Language for Windows & DB Server Admins?
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Should i go to Tech.Ed?
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“top” style activity monitor for SQL Server?
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SQL server in VMware
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Why is SQL Server slow on IBM Shark hardware
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Windows 7 x64 - free virtual machine host applications running headless
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SQL Server Patching a Mirror configuration
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How to speed up file copying onto a VMWare virtual server?
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Intro to Laptop Hard Drives
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virtualization question
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What’s the entry path towards a database administrator job?
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PhpMyAdmin for Sql Server
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Mirroring Drives
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Things every SQL Server DBA should know
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RAID hard drive preventive replacement
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Is there a good way to backup a petabyte of data and store it?
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What size relative to amount of memory should the page file be (in Windows Server 2008)?
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VM Virtual guest machine disk defrag improves performance, myth or reality?
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Method for finding unnecessary indexes of an operational SQL Server database?
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Sync up VMWare Images on backup SAN
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Can VM detect hardware connection?
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Installing Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional RC
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