Author Archives: Brent Ozar

My First Alaskan Cruise

A while back, I hit a point in my life where I wanted to start taking my family on vacations.  I’d experienced enough success that I wanted to share my good fortune with the people I loved.  As part of that, I started taking each member of my family on a cruise. Dad’s chosen destination…

The Mid-Life Career Crisis DBA Video

Not quite a junior DBA, not quite a senior DBA – there’s a mid-career point where we know just enough to be dangerous, but not quite enough for our own good.  Join Microsoft Certified Master Brent Ozar in this ten-minute video as he discusses statistics, table variables, and recompilations. … This SQLCruise snippet is brought…

SAN Admin Lie Detector Test Video

In the beginning, when we first started working with SQL Server, our servers had a few drive bays built in.  Over time, as we needed more and more storage, we had to transition to Storage Area Networks (SANs).  SANs are independent, flexible, well-protected, and blazing fast – at least in theory.  In reality, most of…

Watch Doug Lane’s SQLVictory Video

Congratulations to Doug Lane (Blog – @DougLane4), the winner of Idera’s SQLVictory contest.  He produced this killer video about a time when he vanquished the SQL beast: For his efforts, Idera’s sending him on SQLCruise Alaska for free!  Idera also gave two runners-up prizes of $300 Amazon gift cards, plus several runner-up prizes of $100…