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Brent Ozar
@brento.bsky.social
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I make databases go faster. I love teaching, travel, laughing, and collecting vintage sports cars. Las Vegas. He/him, pan.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 1d
today's soundtrack: Trixie Mattel's Halloween mix, which kicks off with a mashup of Monster Mash and WAP: soundcloud.com/trixie-matte... This is not background music.
Spooky DJ Mix | Halloween 2025
The spirit of Halloween is that people come to your house and get something free. Well, I don’t want any visitors so I’m saving people the trip. Here’s a lovely spooky mix for the speed drinkers and t
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 2d
Classic Post: A Visual Guide to Choosing an Index Type www.brentozar.com/archive/2018...
A Visual Guide to Choosing an Index Type - Brent Ozar Unlimited®
Warning: I’m about to overly simplify a whole lot of topics to make things easy. Armchair architects, warm up your flamethrowers. Your table has rows and columns kinda like a spreadsheet: In most…
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah, I felt guilty about it at first, but then I thought about how I feel when Yves goes to China without me, hanging out with her friends & family, and I'm all YOU GO GIRL, I'll be here playing Dead by Daylight and eating pizza
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 2d
I died laughing.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 2d
Just updated: Which Version of SQL Server Should You Use? www.brentozar.com/archive/2019...
Which Version of SQL Server Should You Use? - Brent Ozar Unlimited®
Wait! Before you install that next SQL Server, hold up. Are you sure you’re using the right version? I know, management wants you to stay on an older build, and the vendor says they’ll only support…
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 2d
how it started | how it's going
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 2d
the contest is over, these folks won, and this is the single best conference picture that I've ever seen in my life
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Up now, @robsewell.com on Git Commits
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
HAHAHA
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
HAHAHA

And then I turned around and had to pay *my* mechanic...

(True story, the Honda Beat's check engine light came on this morning, and I'm again questioning my life decisions)
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
that changes the uptake ratio. As in, "Well, that's a little too low, how about $X+20." Heh
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
I took almost every offer as-is (bar the $20 ones), but interestingly, even though people named their own price, about half of them STILL didn't buy even when I met their price, HAHAHA. I'm guessing they were just throwing numbers out to see what would happen. I'm now trying negotiating to see if
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
That's been an interesting experiment. I sent it to email subscribers (rather than posting it publicly) and I'm surprised at the reactions. Some people said they felt guilty for offering $300, and some people just offered $20 with no explanation. :-D
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Microsoft Databases

I'm back at home in Vegas, taking your top-voted questions from on a hillside enjoying the fall desert weather. Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 03:10 Bruce: Howdy! When, if ever, would you recommend implementing a SQL Server…
[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Microsoft Databases
I'm back at home in Vegas, taking your top-voted questions from on a hillside enjoying the fall desert weather. Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 03:10 Bruce: Howdy! When, if ever, would you recommend implementing a SQL Server Central Management Server? 04:09 Impostor Syndrome: Are multi-TB databases really all that rare? I have several that are over 10 TB, but I don't think of myself as being in a top 1% company.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
two women are standing next to each other in a room with their mouths open . one of the women is wearing an orange coat .
ALT: two women are standing next to each other in a room with their mouths open . one of the women is wearing an orange coat .
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
It's also helped Yves take better care of me on vacations. We're going to China/Japan in December, and she's going ahead first, saying, "I have a photographer friend who will help me get the photo shoots out of the way before you arrive." AWWW YEAH
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
We're going on a gay cruise at the end of this month, and I'm like, "Yeah, this is a 'vacation' - I understand there will be social media activities, I'll be working as a photographer/videographer, carrying more baggage, etc." Me knowing that going in helps me cope, heh.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
I do a few travels per year that are strictly *vacations*, no planned photo-friendly activities, no photo/video shoots, minimal packing, etc. Then, Yves can decide if she wants to attend those or not - but she knows going in what the rules will be, hahaha.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
I'm such a huge believer in these. It helps you stay in touch with yourself.

I have another reason for it now, too: when I travel with Yves, a good chunk of the "vacation" involves doing work for social media, and ... that's not a vacation, hahaha. So we came to an agreement...
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
Yeah, separate companies and everything. My personal social media feeds show both, but it'll still take a while for the new one to take off, I'm sure.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
Postgres Surprise #4: Pricing: smartpostgres.com/posts/postgr... It's cheap, but... only cheap in a vacuum.
Postgres Surprise #4: Pricing
Since the late 1990s, I worked with Microsoft SQL Server. My employers over the years had standardized on MSSQL for a variety of reasons: It was well-integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the…
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
Reading: Three reasons Amazon RDS SQL Server is better than Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance: kendralittle.com/2025/10/08/t... Speed, support, and the API.
Three reasons RDS SQL Server is better than Azure SQL Managed Instance
Kendra Little writes and draws comics about SQL Server, Data Platforms, and Database DevOps.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
Oh man, when those show up, someone is DEAD to me. That is the worst approach.
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
For you, YES
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 3d
HAHAHA, like a 1800 collect call!
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