I put a presentation together quite some time ago going over various SQL Server I/O behaviors and relating them to the SQL Server I/O whitepapers I authored. I keep getting requests to post the presentation and the information is relevant from SQL 7.0...

Recently, I worked with a customer on an CLR assembly loading issue. Intermittently, they would receive the following error. Msg 10314, Level 16, State 11, Line 1 An error occurred in the Microsoft .NET Framework while trying to load assembly id...

In the course of my job, I use ADPlus (a command-line tool that ships with Debugging Tools for Windows) to capture hang dumps on a regular basis.  For both low and high CPU scenarios, I generally need 2-3 hang dumps spaced out over about 10 minutes...

This month has turned into another Kerberos Month for me.  I had an email discussion regarding SPN’s for SQL Server and what we can do to get them created and in a usable state.  I thought I would share my response to the questions as it will...