Tag Archives: Scale-Out

Weight doesn’t ALWAYS have to be AlwaysOn

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

One thing I keep hearing myself mentioning more and more in conversation (and most recently in a discussion group at SQLBits a few days ago) is the ability to configure your Windows Cluster Quorum for situations where each cluster node … Continue reading →

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When should you use NOLOCK?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Well the quick answer to that question is never. And there you have it, the quickest blog post in history (perhaps!). …Except that I should really have said “When should you use READUNCOMMITTED isolation or hint?” and then the question … Continue reading →

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SQLRally Scalable Shared Database Demo Redux

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Several weeks ago now I had the honour of presenting at the very first ever SQLRally event in Orlando Florida and I gave a presentation around the very large (no pun intended) subject of scaling out your SQL Server data. … Continue reading →

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