Dual Microsoft MVP 2009 - 2024, VMware vExpert, business continuity and SQL Server expert, consultant, trainer, laptop assassain, Styxologist, musician
Yeah no. Database server? Sure. SQL server could mean Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, Microsoft SQL Server since they all use a varaiant of SQL. Good try, yet so far ...
Coke flight. L to R:
Gingerbread Float, Coke Cinnamon, and Maple Spice Float. Maple Spice was amazing, Cinnamon was delicious and better than the one from a few years back, but Gingerbread was the sad trombone.
Also a pic of a perfect snack.
Decades later, I'm still learning from @SQLHA
More than just HA/DR stuff, I learned about running a business, music, and just living an amazing life
#Live360#WinLive360
Good morning, @PASSDataSummit attendees. Hope to see you in my session "A Modern Approach to Patching, Upgrades, and Technical Debt" today from 9:45 - 11AM in 323-325.
I won't be at Summit much past lunch, so find me if you want to catch up.
passdatacommunitysummit.com/…
2 weeks from today (Tuesday, Nov 5) I will be delivering my pre-con "The Secret Sauce to @SQLServer Availability" at @PASSDataSummit. Have you registered yet? It will be my last long form, in person training for the forseeable future. See you there!
passdatacommunitysummit.com/…
The Dodgers through 5 innings tonight:
Saw 85 pitches
Swung at a total of 6 out of the strike zone.
Was that an inning’s worth of chases by the Phillies against the Mets?
Pretty sure you know that answer
Being a Philly fan last 24 months
2022
-Phillies blow WS after 2-1 series lead
2023
-Eagles blow 2nd half lead in SB
-Sixers blow G6, G7 to Celtics
-Phillies blow G6, G7 in NLCS
-Eagles start 10-1, crash & burn
2024
-Sixers lose to Knicks 1st rd
-Phillies lose to Mets in NLDS
In 4 weeks (Tues, 11/5), I'll be deliviering my precon "The Secret Sauce to Achieve @SQLServer Availability" at @PASSDataSummit. It will be the last time for the forseeable future I will deliver longer content live.More info in the video. Don't miss out!
youtu.be/b-URLC2OT5o
Having a moment where I fully recognize the magnitude of my decisions...
We have many internal discussions between PM and engineering about what we can do, what we should do, and why. Folks may not agree with every decision we make, but we are doing our best.