Learn how to choose the optimal disk configuration option for virtualized SQL Server database servers running on VMWare: VMFS virtual file based disk (VMDK) or a raw device mapping (RDM).
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Learn about Oracle data security, including best practices recommended by Oracle ACE and security experts.
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Learn what SQL Server experts see as the four biggest challenges in addressing data security.
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Learn from SQL Server and security experts about data security and what they recommend doing to improve it.
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Learn more about why and how to use partitioned tables in SQL Server to improve performance.
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Learn from SQL Server MVPs and virtualization experts about best practices for virtualizing SQL Server.
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Learn from Oracle ACE Directors and virtualization experts about tips and tools for virtualizing Oracle.
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Learn how knowing log file sync wait times in Oracle enables a good database commit time approximation, and how this can help you better tune performance.
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Learn how one company addressed latency issues after an Oracle database migration by revisiting configuration parameters.
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Learn how a DBA consultant helped one company provide root cause remediation of blocked sessions in SQL Server caused by waiting parallel queries.
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Learn how a DBA consultant helped one company minimize the impact of blocking caused by waiting parallel queries by reducing the CPU footprint of the queries.
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Most database performance issues result not from lack of enough CPU power or IO or other hardware constraint, but rather from poorly written queries and inefficiently designed indexes. Learn more.
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