I'm not sure why #Fedex offers a 2pm guaranteed delivery option if they NEVER even come close, other than the money it makes for them.

Suspicious... email a sysadmin about a problem. Replies back saying "it's set up right and there's no problem", and all of the sudden my challenge magically fixes itself.

Thrilled to be renewed as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP :) Thank you!

IF anyone is using #Quickbooks Pro on the desktop, get off of it. They're now requiring subscriptions in addition to buying the software, and they hold your finances hostage until you pay up. It's migration time..

I feel like I need a montage to help me through my day today.

Yup. It's normal to run integrity checks on your databases every five minutes.

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@pmpjr Host CPU overhead / scheduling impacts and write latency specifically

I *hate* hyperconverged storage platforms and #SQLServer performance. Discuss.

Current mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q8DppYVEL8

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How do you talk sense into a VAR that refuses to listen to fact or raw performance telemetry?

Independent consultants beware - IMHO the tightening economy is causing lawyers to be a lot worse in their contract redlines (possibly so they can bill more to save their own jobs). Keep this in mind when you set your project rates because it'll take longer to get through the legal back-and-forth process.

Next up for #SFD25 is #IBM! You might have heard of them. They're talking unstructured data and hybrid cloud. https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/

Ransomware is getting more sophisticated by the day #IndexEngines #SFD25 https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/

Next up is #IndexEngines at #SFD25 https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/

Great quote. "Data by itself is the sound of one hand clapping" #SFD25 https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/

We're live with the roundtable session at Storage Field Day #SFD25 https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/

@argenis Sweet. I'll check them out too. Thanks!