Torsten Schuessler

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 »

There is a new withe paper on SQL Server 2008 performance troubleshooting and covers the following in depth: CPU Bottlenecks Memory Bottlenecks I/O BottlenecksSlow-Running Queries Extended EventsData Collector and the MDWDownload from the Microsoft… 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 »

Itzik Ben-Gan starts with a Whitepaper for SQL Server 2008 - An Introduction to New T-SQL Programmability Features in SQL Server 2008.Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc721270(SQL.100).aspx A must read! CU tosc more »