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Setting a Processor Affinity in SQL Server – the (unwanted) Side-Effects

Today I want to talk about a very important topic in SQL Server – setting a Processor Affinity – and the unwanted side effects that you introduce with this approach. First of all I want to talk a little bit about what a Processor Affinity is, and how it relates to SQL Server. What is a …

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Adding a Replica back into a SQL Server Availability Group

In one of my last blog postings I have already described a common pitfall when you try to add a new Replica into an Availability Group. In today’s blog posting I want to talk a little bit more about how you can add a Replica back into an Availability Group – when you have removed …

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Adding Replicas into existing Availability Groups

Last week I have blogged about how you can run the Availability Group traffic through a different network card. In today’s blog posting I want to talk about some side effects of this approach when you want to add a new Replica into an existing Availability Group. Add new Replicas SQL Server Management Studio is …

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