SQL Server Radio

Guy Glantser, Eitan Blumin
SQL Server Radio

SQL Server Radio is a Podcast for SQL Server DBAs, database developers, architects, system administrators, and anyone else who is interested in the Microsoft SQL Server platform and the Microsoft data platform in general. As the data world changes, we also occasionally talk about other platforms and services like Azure and Amazon cloud services, Elastic Search, Hadoop, MongoDB, Machine Learning, and much more.

  1. DEC 9

    Episode 170 - Interesting topics from PASS 2023 sessions

    Guy and Eitan go over the most popular sessions released from the SQL PASS archive of 2023, and discuss some other topics. Relevant links: Announcing Microsoft SQL Server 2025: Enterprise AI-ready database from ground to cloud - Microsoft SQL Server Blog Sessions Archive for 2023 - PASS Data Community Summit Resolving and Preventing Deadlocks in SQL Server SSMS v21: Dark Mode, Git, Vertical Tabs, and More - Brent Ozar Unlimited® Copilot in SSMS is Kinda Like IE in SSMS - Brent Ozar Unlimited®

    34 min

  2. NOV 11

    Episode 169 - Resumable Incremental Database Integrity Checks

    Guy and Eitan discuss the common challenge of long-running database integrity checks (DBCC CHECKDB) and a solution to resolve it, and why do we need integrity checks at all? Relevant links: PASS Data Community Summit Incremental Integrity Check for Large Databases - Eitan Blumin's blog SQL Server Integrity Check - by Ola Hallengren tigertoolbox/MaintenanceSolution/5_job_Maintenance.sql · microsoft/tigertoolbox sp_can_tlog_be_applied (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn T-SQL Script to Roll Forward Transaction Log Backups - Eitan Blumin's blog

    33 min

  3. OCT 14

    Episode 168 - New data types in SQL Server and a question about index fragmentation

    Guy and Eitan discuss some interesting news from Microsoft regarding SQL Server, and also about the right way to handle index fragmentation. Relevant links: Resources from Microsoft: Preview release of SDK-style SQL projects in Visual Studio 2022 - Microsoft Community Hub Native JSON support now in preview in Azure SQL Managed Instance - Microsoft Community Hub EAP for Vector Support Refresh - Introducing Vector type - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner (microsoft.com) Calling external REST endpoints from Azure SQL Database | Microsoft Learn Index fragmentation: SQL Server Backup, Integrity Check, Index and Statistics Maintenance (hallengren.com) Should we do index maintenance on an Azure SQL Managed Instance or Azure SQL Database? (kendralittle.com) Stop Worrying About SQL Server Index Fragmentation (brentozar.com) Why SQL Server Index Fragmentation Isn’t A Problem On Modern Storage Hardware – Darling Data (erikdarling.com) Index fragmentation scripts: microsoft-dbas-club/Indexes/Table and Index High Unused Space.sql at MadeiraData/microsoft-dbas-club Check Index Fragmentation Based on Page Fullness and Fill Factor Upcoming webinar at the Cloud Data Driven Meetup: Database DevOps for Leaders - Eitan Blumin, Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 12:00 PM | Meetup

    33 min

  4. SEP 9

    Episode 167 - Let's Troubleshoot SQL AG Synchronization Latency

    Fair warning for all listeners! Before starting to listen to this podcast, very strongly recommended: Have the diagram at the bottom of this page ready in front of you, so that it'll be easier for you to follow along: Common Causes and Troubleshooting Solutions for SQL AG Data Synchronization Latency - Microsoft Community Hub (sorry in advance!) Additional relevant links: Index cleanup : Harder than it looks - Simple Talk (red-gate.com) Find Overlapping Indexes.sql at chadbaldwin/SQL (github.com)

    38 min

  5. AUG 12

    Episode 166 - DR Planning for SQL Server and Loading Large CSV Files

    Guy and Eitan discuss the recent CrowdStrike incident and what it would mean for DBAs, and discuss options to load huge CSV files into SQL Server as fast as possible. Relevant links: 101 of Troubleshooting SQL Server on Linux - Microsoft Community Hub bcp utility - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn Altering lock escalation for SQL Server tables (mssqltips.com) dbatools docs | Import-DbaCsv A Fast Way to Load Large CSV Files into Microsoft SQL Server | by Sasha Korovkina

    36 min

  6. JUL 8

    Episode 165 - News in Azure SQL and Woes of Excel

    Guy and Eitan discuss some important and interesting news from Microsoft about SQL Server, Straight Path Solutions publish 30 articles about SQL Server security checks, Guy talks about his experience with Excel, and Eitan is irritated about people still not doing SQL jobs correctly in AlwaysOn Availability Groups. Relevant links: SQLBits Free Videos - YouTube JSON data type (preview) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn Efficient Time-Based Audit Log Filtering for Azure SQL Database - Microsoft Community Hub UNISTR and ANSI SQL concatenation operator (||) (microsoft.com) SQL Server on Azure VMs: I/O analysis (preview) - Microsoft Community Hub Announcing the retirement of SQL Server Stretch Database - Microsoft SQL Server Blog 30 SQL Server Security Checks in 30 Days Archives - Straight Path Solutions Use Sparse Columns - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn SQL Server Jobs & AlwaysOn Interoperability | HADRMyJobs

    39 min

  7. JUN 10

    Episode 164 - The Good the Bad and the Ugly Transactional Replication

    Guy and Eitan continue discussing HADR solutions. But this time focusing on Transactional Replication, its cons and pros and potential use cases. Also, some important announcements from Microsoft about Azure SQL! Relevant links: Data API builder General Availability (microsoft.com) Build REST API with Azure Data API Builder (DAB) (mssqltips.com) Zero ETL, Near-real time replication, Mirroring Azure SQL Databases in Fabric (microsoft.com) Announcing EAP for Vector Support in Azure SQL Database - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner (microsoft.com) Update Policy for Azure SQL Managed Instance - Microsoft Community Hub Transactional Replication - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn MadeiraData/ReplicationManagementMechanism: Use SQL Server database tables to manage and configure Transactional Replication, and set it up easily between publishers and subscribers using stored procedures (github.com)

    36 min

  8. MAY 13

    Episode 163 - When and Why to HADR

    Guy and Eitan discuss the various High Availability and Disaster Recovery options available to us in Microsoft SQL Server, their main advantages, limitations, and when it's most suitable to use or not to use them. Relevant links for further reading: AlwaysOn Basic Availability Groups / Database Mirroring AlwaysOn "Enterprize" Availability Groups Failover Cluster Instance Log Shipping Transactional Replication

    35 min
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About

SQL Server Radio is a Podcast for SQL Server DBAs, database developers, architects, system administrators, and anyone else who is interested in the Microsoft SQL Server platform and the Microsoft data platform in general. As the data world changes, we also occasionally talk about other platforms and services like Azure and Amazon cloud services, Elastic Search, Hadoop, MongoDB, Machine Learning, and much more.

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  • Creator
    Guy Glantser, Eitan Blumin
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2024
  • Episodes
    160
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © SQL Server Radio
  • Show Website
    SQL Server Radio

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