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@SankarReddy13 MPA's come from outside the buffer pool (memtoleave/reserved memory/vas) but they're still within the instance address space7:15 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck in reply to SankarReddy13
@SQLSarg Pretty good. We hit the milestone last week which is good but I'm up against it with 3 chapters to do in 2 months :-s7:13 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck in reply to SQLSarg
@SankarReddy13 Yes, thats correct. Even in 64bit with locked pages enabled only the data cache is 'locked' for the same reason7:12 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck in reply to SankarReddy13
Hi @SankarReddy13. One thing wrong in the video is that x64 doesn't go through the memtoleave process on startup because it doesn't need to6:43 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck
Finished TempDB chapter at 4am. The book will be 75% content complete by Friday. Starting "CPU and Query Processing " today #newsqlbook3:20 AM Jul 1st from TweetDeck
@DeepFat Is that you stood on my street corner with your mates? ;-)7:53 AM Jun 30th from TweetDeck in reply to DeepFat
Feel like I'm on a never ending staircase writing my tempdb chapter. I never realised I had so much to say about it :) #NewSQLBook7:09 AM Jun 30th from TweetDeck
Laying down some more hurt on tempdb. Got to get it in by Friday #newSQLBook12:23 PM Jun 2nd from web
@SQLSarg The publisher should be able to advise you on how to articulate correctly. Did Wiley not have anything useful?12:12 PM Jun 2nd from web in reply to SQLSarg
@PaulRandal Redgate SQL Data Generator is good for populating with dummy data but it can't create random schema's I'm afraid9:46 AM Jun 2nd from web in reply to PaulRandal
Getting down and dirty with tempdb allocation contention for #NewSQLBook8:55 AM Jun 2nd from web
Hanging out with Quest at a SharePoint event at Microsoft in London. Delivering "Optimising your SQL Server installation" in 1h30m2:05 AM May 27th from TinyTwitter
Working on my deck for a Quest SQL Server and Sharepoint day tomorrow at Microsoft in London http://tinyurl.com/q5jjt28:27 AM May 26th from web
On my way back from another pre-sales meeting in London. RemoteDBA proving to be popular in the recession.3:46 AM May 26th from TweetDeck
Glorious weather this morning. Heading back into London for a couple of pre-sales meetings.12:19 AM May 21st from TweetDeck
At the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall. Love this place.9:29 AM May 11th from TweetDeck
Writing about TempDB on my laptop while upgrading my desktop to Win7. It gave me a compatibility warning about SQL2008. Fingers crossed!5:36 AM May 8th from TweetDeck
In a pre-sales meeting for a globally distributed database opportunity in Oxford4:12 AM May 8th from TinyTwitter
@jmkehayias chasing your baby with sh*t on her feet around someone elses carpet. priceless is the wrong word.12:05 AM May 8th from TweetDeck in reply to SQLSarg
@DeepFat haha. yes. maybe a s/w tester for a satnav company :)12:02 AM May 8th from TweetDeck in reply to DeepFat

Name christianbolton
Location Swindon, England
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Bio Director of Coeo Ltd, a Microsoft Gold Partner focused on SQL Server in UK and mainland Europe. MCA: SQL Server 2005, MCM: SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server MVP