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Configurations / PowerShell

Setting The Database Owner, Compatibility Level, And Recovery Model With PowerShell

One of the great things about dbatool is that it allows you to run commands against multiple things. Sometimes you may need to run the same command on every server, …

Configurations / Errors

SQL Server Crashes When Hitting 80 Percent RAM Usage

I recently ran into a situation where a new SQL Server would crash hard every time it would get under a load. Here is a synopsis of what we were …

Configurations / DB Engine / Indexes

Disabling An Index Drops Compression

This post is more of an FYI, and to remind myself in case I run into it again down the road. Here at work we have a very large, very …

Availability Groups / Configurations

Does SQL Server Now Distribute Transactions Evenly Across Multiple Log Files?

It is generally known throughout the SQL Server world that having multiple log files on a database is not a good idea. While multiple data files spread across multiple drives …

Configurations / PowerShell

Setting Drive Allocation Unit Size With PowerShell

There seems to be some ongoing debate around whether or not formatting your data and log drives with 64KB allocation unit size even matters anymore. I would encourage you to …

Configurations / Corruption / PowerShell / SQL Agent

Setting Up Database Mail And SQL Agent Alerts With PowerShell

As a DBA, you need to know when there’s a problem on your SQL Servers. And while I highly recommend you use a full-fledged monitoring system, there are also some …

Configurations / PowerShell

Disable Telemetry On Multiple SQL Servers With PowerShell

Starting with SQL Server 2016, when you install SQL Server it also installs the CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program) Services, also known at Telemetry. In previous versions of SQL Server …

Configurations

Configuring Database Data And Log Files

One of the things that Database Administrators typically do is configure the Data and Log file growth settings for the databases on their servers. While these configurations vary by server …

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