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Kathleen Long | SQL Server Lead DBA & Delivery Manager

Kat is a SQL Server Lead DBA and Delivery Manager at XTIVIA. She is responsible for the architecture design, installation, configuration, and management of a wide range of SQL Server databases for multiple clients. Kat has 20+ years of experience with SQL Server. She is a member of PASS, as well as a part of the local SQL Server Community in Colorado Springs. She has presented at SQLSaturdays, as well as several of the National conferences. When not working with SQL Server, she enjoys hot air ballooning and crafting, with her latest focusing on free motion quilting.

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Kathleen Long
SQL Server Lead DBA & Delivery Manager

Kat is a SQL Server Lead DBA and Delivery Manager at XTIVIA. She is responsible for the architecture design, installation, configuration, and management of a wide range of SQL Server databases for multiple clients. Kat has 20+ years of experience with SQL Server. She is a member of PASS, as well as a part of the local SQL Server Community in Colorado Springs. She has presented at SQLSaturdays, as well as several of the National conferences. When not working with SQL Server, she enjoys hot air ballooning and crafting, with her latest focusing on free motion quilting.

What questions to ask when planning a SQL Server backup strategy

Every database holds different business data and has its own recovery needs.  Unfortunately, there is not a single solution for all databases. There are many possibilities and solutions. For each database you are responsible for supporting you should be asking... read more

SQL Server History Cleanup Task

This feature in the maintenance plans in SQL Server seems to be either ignored or over used. Either people do not put this step into any maintenance plan causing MSDB database to grow large over time. Or they have this step placed in every maintenance plan not fully... read more

How much memory is a SQL Server database using

An interesting request came in the other day, is there a way to tell how much memory each database is using on an instance. You can always use properties to see how much memory is allocated to the SQL Server and there are performance counters available to track how... read more