June 11, 2008 at 8:34 pm
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June 12, 2008 at 7:21 am
Steve,
In your editorial you stated:
"I had a great discussion on Diskeeper and SQL Server (I recommend don't run it) that ..."
Could you please elaborate on this? We run Diskeeper on all our SQLServer 2000 DB boxes. Is there something we should be watching out for?
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Ken
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June 12, 2008 at 8:17 am
I'm nervous about having anything on my SQL Servers that might be"touching" the database files. I think it's a gamble that something in Diskkeeper or any similar product, including anti-virus, might cause me an issue. It's like my kids walking around with grape juice. They can do it 100 times and every thing's fine and then once a year, they'll spill it on the couch.
It might not happen often, but when it does, it's a big deal. I don't want to take that chance with my data.
I don't think that fragmentation is a big enough deal in the OS to impact SQL Server. You should have sized your data and log files, so there shouldn't be a lot of external (OS level) fragmentation. Internal fragmentation must be dealt with inside SQL Server, and I think that's something you need to worry about.
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June 12, 2008 at 8:37 am
Steve, in your editorial you said,
"TechEd is still disappointing for me this year, with about 6000 people instead of the 11,000+ there has been in the past. That many people bring crowds, connectivity issues, crowded rooms, and more, but the excitement is palpable and I wish it were that way this year."
Well, I have to say that this is really dependent upon your perspective. I went to the Developers' version of Tech Ed last week, along with some 6000 other developers, and I found it to be very exciting and very useful. Then again, this is the first Tech Ed I have ever had the chance to attend, so I don't have any previous Tech Ed experience to compare it with. But I have attended other developer conferences, specifically VS Live!, which I used to attend regularly. However, my last experience with VS Live!, last year in San Francisco, was very disappointing. So disappointing that I asked what conference would be better, and was referred to Tech Ed. And like I said, I found Tech Ed to be much better than I had experienced with VS Live! Tech Ed exceeded my expectations. I hope to go back again next year!
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June 12, 2008 at 9:03 am
Glad you enjoyed it. I Think last week was actually smaller, about 4k people, but still a good show.
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June 13, 2008 at 5:06 am
Steve, thanks for the editorial.
Why do you think that the show attracted a lower number this year? Any ideas?
June 13, 2008 at 5:29 am
I can't imagne a TechEd with 10000+ people. The local one is max 1200. PASS 2 years ago seemed huge to me, with a bit under 3000 people
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June 13, 2008 at 7:34 am
I think the two week format, and the split, is bad. Lots of people couldn't decide when to go and some are here for two weeks, but the totals seem to be close to the 11,000 across two weeks. So it's not necessarily smaller, but each week is smaller.
I think the PDC being in Oct has some developers not coming here as well. I think they should stick with a PDC and TechEd every year, each one week, each one focused differently.
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June 18, 2008 at 10:00 am
Through your editorials I have also attented the TechEd. Thanks Steve.....
June 18, 2008 at 10:05 am
Glad you enjoyed them. I also blogged from a few sessions. Didn't get to that many because of commitments, but I have a few up here: http://blogs.sqlservercentral.com/steve_jones/default.aspx
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June 18, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Steve, in your editorial you said,
"TechEd is still disappointing for me this year, with about 6000 people instead of the 11,000+ there has been in the past. That many people bring crowds, connectivity issues, crowded rooms, and more, but the excitement is palpable and I wish it were that way this year."
Steve, I didn't attent this year but I agree with your assessment. That many people (11,000+) milling around always brought a natural buzz to the environment. Riding the shuttle buses back and forth guaranteed some new to talk to (or old friends to reconnect with). Sessions andafter-hours event were always teeming with excitement. Can't imagine it being 1/2 the size and still remaining as enjoyable.....although were are supposed to be there learning not cavorting!:P
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June 18, 2008 at 9:48 pm
That's it, there's an excitement when 10,000 people cross the floor between sessions.
Just didn't feel that way this year and probably won't next year in LA. Tell them to go back to one week!
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