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About d_a_green

My background includes working as a Data Architect, Database Developer, systems integrator, data exploitation specialist and DBA, as well as tutoring and actively promoting professional development and mentoring. I have been involved in a number of technical User Groups, and occasionally present or blog about topics which interest me. When not facing a computer screen I can be found walking, usually on the moors. I take an interest in my local community and volunteer my time and skills to this end.

June Meeting – Thursday 18th

I am very pleased and grateful to say that our June meeting content is coming from Paul Randall of SQL Skills, hopefully you all recognise the name but Paul’s bio is below as an update. Paul will be presenting his 90 minute session (Performance Troubleshooting using Wait Statistics) remotely, starting at 18:00 on Thursday 18th June. We will be meeting from 17:30 to let us have time to get a drink and settle in the meeting room.

Performance Troubleshooting Using Wait Statistics
One of the first things you should check when investigating performance issues are wait statistics – as these can often point you in the direction for further analysis. Unfortunately many people misinterpret what SQL Server is telling them and jump to conclusions about how to solve the problem – what is often called ‘knee-jerk performance tuning’. In this session, you will learn what waits are, how to analyze them, and potential solutions to common problem patterns.

Paul Randall
SQL Skills CEO / Owner
Paul is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director. He spent 9 years working on the SQLServer team, writing DBCC CHECKDB, and ultimately responsible for the entire Storage Engine. In 2007 Paul left Microsoft to co-own and run SQLskills.com, and is a world-renowned author, consultant, and top-rated speaker on SQL Server performance tuning, administration, internals, and HA/DR. When he’s not tweeting, blogging, or helping someone recover from a disaster, he’s likely to be underwater somewhere in the world with his wife, Kimberly L. Tripp.

April Meeting

Our April 2015 meeting will be held on 23rd April, the night before SQL Saturday Exeter‘s Training Day, and we hope you will join us. This month’s session has only one technical session, as after the refreshments we will be bag packing and socialising prior to the SQL Saturday conference. If you can spare the time to help it will be much appreciated.

We hope that John Q Martin will be able to present his session “AlwaysOn Administration Tasks”. His session will cover all the different admin tasks and things you need to do to have a healthy AlwaysOn configuration for FCI & AG.

John’s work schedule means he can’t guarantee that he will be able to be on time, so if not then our own Jonathan Allen will present instead.

We hope to see you at our meeting from 17:30.