Allan Hirt
Business continuity, infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud expert, author, bass player, Styxologist, and SQLHA founder Allan Hirt has been working with SQL Server as well as clustering in Windows Server for far too long. He currently works for Pure Storage as a Technical Evangelist. Both a dual Microsoft MVP (Data Platform; Cloud and Datacenter Management) and a VMware vExpert, he travels the world to empower people through sharing his knowledge.
Allan Hirt's Sessions
A Distributed Availability Groups PrimerSQLBits 2020
A distributed availability group is not your mother's availability group. Want to know more? Attend this session.
Common Troubleshooting Techniques for AGs and FCIsSQLBits 2019
Learn how to troubleshoot AGs ad FCIs.
Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica for FCIsSQLBits 2018
Learn how to plan and implement storage spaces direct and storage replica for FCIs.
Top 10 Clustering Dos and Dont'sSQLBits 2017
Clustered instances (FCIs) and availability groups (AGs) can still be the source of pain and confusion for many. Learn from one of the world's experts on clustering SQL Server about some of the most important considerations to clustering success.
Clustering SQL Server: What Does It Mean In 2015?SQLBits 2015
Clustering no longer means just installing a clustered instance of SQL Server (FCI). Availability groups also are clustered. This session will demystify clustering as it relates to SQL Server.
SQL Server Storage vNext: Welcome to the FutureSQLBits 2014
The way our data will be stored is changing and it's all about your network. Come find out why CSVs, SMB, Windows Scale Out File Servers, fast networks, and maybe even the cloud are in your future.
Patch Management Strategies for SQL Server DeploymentsSQLBits 2014
Patching is often the cause of most of our downtime be it hardware, Windows, or SQL Server. This session will guide you around pitfalls to increase your uptime and reliability while managing your downtime related to patching and updating
A Preview of High Availability in SQL Server 2012SQLBits 2012
Mission critical is a major focus of SQL Server 2012. There are quite a few changes in this release to ensure that you maximize your uptime and reliability when it comes to SQL Server. This session will start preparing you for what is coming.
Multi-Site Failover Cluster With SQL 2008 and DenaliSQLBits 2011
Planning a failover clustering implementation in a single data center is fairly straightforward, but what happens when you want to span data centers? Come and find out how to plan a multi-site failover cluster.
So Many High Availability Options, So Little TimeSQLBits 2011
This session will compare and contrast the various SQL Server high availability options and discuss the things you need to do - both SQL Server and non-SQL Server - that you need to do to achieve availability.