Torsten Schuessler

The cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (Build 09.00.4220) is available:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967909/And here you can get the whole information of builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack… 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 »

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 »

Ola Hallengren Ola, with his wonderful SQL Server 2005 and 2008 - Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization scripts - made some updates to his maintenance scripts: Support for Xml indexes Support for Spatial indexes Support for indexed views… 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 »

Is it true? YES, it is!Don't worry - be happy; Aaron Bertrand explains it in his post: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2009/04/15/sql-server-2008-sp1-cumulative-update-1-is-available.aspx The Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server… more »

It's out. The final release of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (Build 10.00.2531.00) is now available: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=66ab3dbb-bf3e-4f46-9559-ccc6a4f9dc19Here the KB-Article of SP1: List of the… more »

In one of my older post, I tell you about a realy good free profiler express edition tool for SQL Server 2005 ..A lot of features / tools are included with the SQL Sever 2005 Express Edition (GUI, Reporting Services etc.), but not all of them like the… more »

Do you know the SSMS Tools PACK Add-In, it is an very exciting Add-In (Add-On)for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express. It contains many interesting features, and I mean many!So, take a look - and… more »

The Cumulative Update package 4 for SQL Server 2008 (Build 10.00.1798) is now available: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963036/en-us And here you can get the whole information of builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was… more »