June Meeting

Good Afternoon Everyone, Our featured Speaker for our June, 20th meeting is Kendra Little. Demystifying Benchmarking: How to Measure SQL Server Performance Ever wanted to measure how much work a given SQL Server instance can do? Benchmarks allow you to measure and compare base performance between instances. In this session, Kendra Little will introduce you to a free benchmarking tool and demonstrate how to run a TPC-C benchmark against SQL Server. Kendra will provide a quick-start guide to get you going fast, and show you how to use benchmarking data to justify big changes in your environment. Bio: Kendra Little is all about data, communication, and creativity. Kendra nerds out on SQL Server full time as a founder of Brent Ozar PLF, LLC, a boutique consulting company. She is a Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server 2008 and a Microsoft MVP. When she's not blogging, speaking, or performance tuning with clients, Kendra draws cartoon posters about SQL Server-- check them out at http://BrentOzar.com/go/posters. Meeting Location: PH Tech 3993 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE Salem, Oregon 97302 Agenda: Introductions Dinner We will be having deli sandwiches Chapter News Speaker: Kendra Little Award Door Prizes or Giveaways Networking Time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Pickett Twitter: @benptweet #SOSSUG http://sossug.com