Anyone have any ideas about how to simulate real-world scenarios in a dev environment? Specifically regarding SQL Server. To get a good picture of real-world performance behaviors (locking, blocking ...

What happens on the typical load-testing project? For me, the projects tend to fall into one of two buckets. Bucket No. 1: We've got a problem. Bucket No. 2: We've got a performance penalty clause in ...

Due to my background working with other major database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, I’ve long been an advocate for the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA). This powerful and easy ...

Microsoft’s announcement that it was bringing its flagship SQL Server database software to Linux came as a major surprise when the company first announced this in March. Until now, the preview was ...