Big Data is Hoarding 2.0
It’s time for an intervention. Here’s 3 signs you might be a data hoarder – see if you recognize your databases in Wikipedia’s list of compulsive hoarding symptoms: 1. You tend…
How the Company-Startup Thing is Working Out for Me
A little over two years ago, I partnered up with Jeremiah Peschka, Kendra Little, and Tim Ford to turn my blog, BrentOzar.com, from a blog into a consulting company. I…
Interesting Stats About My Community Work This Year
My Microsoft MVP status is up for renewal again, so it’s time for a little navel-gazing at the community work I’ve done over the last twelve months. Here’s the data…
How Fast Should the Developer’s SQL Server Be?
Slow and cheap, right? Managers and DBAs usually want the development server to be just slow enough to get the job done, and no faster. The dev server doesn’t have…
Why I’m Tolerating the Surface Pro
When the iPad came out, reviewers pointed out that the iPad itself simply disappeared when you used it. The iPad became a featureless black frame, and what you were really…
Why sp_Blitz™ is Free
We give away sp_Blitz™, a totally free health check tool for Microsoft SQL Server. It looks for all kinds of common reliability and performance problems and gives you a prioritized…
Followup on the @DBAReactions Experiment
Database administrators are lonely. In most companies, there’s only one DBA, and nobody else really understands the job duties. We don’t have anybody else we can talk to about the…
Pick a Needle and Move It
Employees have one job: move needles. Company executives track their most important metrics using dashboard graphs like the example at right from Geckoboard. The VP of Sales, the Chief Financial…
Treat Criticism Like Spam Email
When you do something – anything – you’re going to get criticized. I used to lose a lot of sleep about it, but I’ve figured out there’s an easy way…
How I Cleaned Up My Desk Cabling
My idea of the perfect desk would be something straight out of the Apple store – bare tables with no visible wiring. Back here in reality, though, I’ve got monitor…
Hi, I’m Brent Ozar. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m on an epic life quest to have fun and make a difference.
Some of my projects include Brent Ozar Unlimited, PollGab, and Smart Postgres.
I love teaching, travel, laughing, and collecting vintage sports cars. You can follow me on Instagram, Bsky, Facebook, LinkedIn, Github, and Reddit.