Many DBAs take routine database maintenance for granted. What they don’t understand is that the cumulative effect of poor database maintenance can significantly hurt performance. In this session, you will learn the key things all DBAs need to know in order to maintain their databases at peak performance, including:
Professional Experience
Brad M. McGehee is a MCSE+I, MCSD, and MCT (former) with a Bachelors’ degree in Economics and a Masters in Business Administration. Currently the Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software, Brad is an accomplished Microsoft SQL Server MVP with over 13 years’ SQL Server experience, and over 6 years’ training experience.
Community Support
Brad is a frequent speaker at SQL PASS, SQL Connections, SQLTeach, Code Camps, TechFests, SQL Server user groups, and other industry seminars, where he shares his 13 years’ cumulative knowledge.
Brad was the founder of the popular community site SQL-Server-Performance.Com, and operated it from 2000 through 2006, where he wrote over one million words on SQL Server topics.
In 2008, Brad attended 16 conferences/user group events, presented 26 sessions, and had 1,402 people attend them.
A well-respected and trusted name in SQL Server literature, Brad is the author or co-author of more than 12 technical books and over 100 published articles. His most recent books include “How to Become an Exceptional DBA,” and “Brad's Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008: The Top Ten New Features for DBAs.” In early 2009, he will be releasing a book on how to use the SQL Server Profiler.