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Total Row with Grouping Sets
In a previous post I mentioned that under certain situations (CPU intensive calculations like log() and exp()) Columnstore Indexes can out preform SSAS MOLAP. However, creating results sets in T-SQL...
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SQL Server Data Warehouse Database Performance: L1 L2 and L3 caches
I recently upgraded the OS on my laptop to windows 8 and there are things that I like and things that I don’t like about it. I think that most of the things that don’t like have more to do with some of...
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Performance Tuning SQL Server Database: Extended Events
Extended Events are not new to SQL Server 2012 but they have been greatly enhanced from when they were first introduced in SQL 2008. As is my style, I am not going go into to a long protracted...
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BlueGranite: DW and BI Resources
BlueGranite, a company that I do a lot work for and who has a great team of BI and DW professionals, are creating great BLOG posts that will be useful for those who are not in-the-weeds developers,...
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Performance Tuning SQL Server: Parallelism
One of the most important architectural principles built into Dell’s latest generation of data warehouse appliances called Quickstart Data Warehouse (QSDW)is parallelism. The following post will give...
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Data Warehouse on YouTube
I am experimenting with creating a series of Data Warehousing videos. Let me know if these videos are helpful and if you would like to see more. The videos are loosely based on my PASS and SQL Saturday...
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Performance Tuning SQL Server: Hardware Architectures Throughput Analysis
Over the last few years I have performed many SQL Server Data Warehouse Database Performance Tuning Sessions with a variety of customers in many different environments. This sessions usually consist of...
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Performance Tuning SQL Server: Indexing
Many times I am asked about how to create indexes on a data warehouse SQL Server Database so that queries execute much faster. Unfortunately, unless they are able to upgrade to SQL Server 2012 in order...
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FileTable and BULK Insert
In my video entitled Data Warehouse 12 ELT and FlatFiles starting at the about the 10 minute, I demonstrate how to manage flat files with SQL Server FileTables. While FileTables are great for managing...
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Financial Data Warehouse Video
Over the last few years that I have been blogging my Dimensional Modeling Financial Data in SSAS and Dimensional Modeling Financial Data in SSAS pt2 posts have by far been my most popular blog posts....
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