Torsten Schuessler

Whitepaper at SQLCAT by Dmitry Artemov: Database Upgrade to SQL Server 2008, Tools and Approaches This paper documents approaches and tools that can help to upgrade of SQL Server databases from SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 (or… more »

New Master Data Services white papers are available on MSDN. This series of technical articles describes Organizational Approaches to Master Data Management, for SQL Server 2008 R2.Master Data Management from a Business PerspectiveMaster Data Management from a Technical… more »

Paul S. Randal describes the technologies available in SQL Server 2008 that can be used as part of a high-availability strategy to protect critical data. As well as describing the technologies in detail, the white paper also discusses the various causes… more »

Thomas H. Grohser discusses the challenges of designing a robust backup and restore solutions for very large databases (VLDBs) in this SQL Server Technical Article: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/Technic… more »

SQLCAT, has published a new whitepaper / technical case study High Availability and Disaster Recovery at ServiceU for SQL Server 2008. Follow up: SQLCAT: http://sqlcat.com/whitepapers/archive/2009/08/04/high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-at-se… more »

Greg Low, has published a whitepaper Plan Caching in SQL Server 2008, it's an update of the whitepaper "Batch compilation, Recompilation and Plan Caching Issues in SQL Server 2005" by Arun Marathe, targeted at SQL Server 2008. Summary: This paper expla… more »

SQLCAT, has published a whitepaper SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering for SQL Server 2008 failover clustering. Summary: This white paper complements the existing documentation on planning, implementation, and administration of a SQL Server 2008 failov… more »

SQLCAT, has published a whitepaper Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server for configuring optimal disk performance. Follow up: SQLCAT: http://sqlcat.com/whitepapers/archive/2009/05/11/disk-partition-alignment-best-practices-for-sql-… more »

Whithe Paper: Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server 2008 more »

Paul S. Randal and his wife Kimberly L. Tripp of SQLskills.com linked to whitepapers written/published by reputable sources, consolidated in a Whitepaper-Link Collection. Here it is: http://www.sqlskills.com/whitepapers.asp CU tosc more »