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Chris Adkin
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Chris has been a SQL Server professional fro over fifteen years and has worked in roles varying from DBA to developer to architect and has spoken at the last four SQL Bits as well as multiple SQL Saturday events around Europe. Chris works for Pure Storage as its EMEA SQL Server solutions architect.
Sessions
Scaling Out SSIS With Parallelism
An introduction to scaling out packages using parallelism with the "Work pile" pattern, balanced data distributor and "Roll your own" techniques.
Column Store Index and Batch Mode Scalability Deep Dive
A deep dive into batch mode scalability with column store index and SQL 2014.
An Introduction To Column Store Indexes and Batch Mode
This session is a primer on column store indexes and SQL Server batch mode, it delves into the background behind the performance gains achieved by batch mode and includes demos on things that can be done to further enhance batch mode performance.
Superscaling SQL Server 2014 Parallel Insert
This session will take a look at how parallel select into can be scaled to the nth degree in SQL Server such that all available hardware resources are utilised as fully as possible.
Leveraging Memory With The Database Engine
An advanced look into how memory works in modern servers, on modern processors and how to leverage it with SQL Server.
Solving Hard To Crack Problems With Windows Performance Tool
You are hitting performance and scalability issues with the database engine, conventional wisdom and tools and getting you nowhere, where do you go ?, windows performance toolkit has the answers.
Flash Storage For The SQL Server Professional
The storage industry is at one of the greatest inflection points in its history. Learn the basics of flash storage and how conventional wisdom needs to change and how best to leverage what is fast becoming the main stream storage technology.