About

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email: tg@grohser.com

smail: Thomas Grohser, Belgradplatz 2/4, 1100 Wien

My SQL Server History

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Remark

SQL 4.21

First SQL Server ever used (1994)

SQL 6.0

First Log Shipping with automatic failover

SQL 6.5

First SQL Server Cluster (NT4.0 + Wolfpack)

SQL 7.0

2+ billion rows / month in a single Table

SQL 2000

938 days with 100% availability

SQL 2000 IA64

SQL Server on Itanium IA64

SQL 2005 IA64,x64

Long distance mirroring & > 400.000 STMT/s

SQL 2008 IA64,x64

Replication into mirrored databases

SQL 2008R2 IA64, x64

256 CPUs & >500.000 STMT/s

SQL 11 (Denali)

Can’t wait to push the limits even further

Focus on SQL Server Infrastructure Architecture and Implementation

Close Relationship with Microsoft and Hardware Vendors

SQLCAT (SQL Server Customer Advisory Team)

SCAN (SQL Server Customer Advisory Network)

TAP (Technology Adoption Program SQL2008R2 and SQL11)

Active PASS member and PASS Summit Speaker

Senior Database Engineer at bwin Interactive Entertainment AG for over 6 years designing and implementing one of the most challenging SQL Server and SharePoint infrastructures