I just returned to New England after 4 days in Charlotte at Pass Summit 2013. I analogize the conference to going out to eat every hour, some presentations I truly enjoyed; Others did not suit my pallet. Overall, I would rate the event as a total success. Here are some presentations I viewed in chronological order that were definite highlights during my trip.
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Thomas LaRock / Tim Chapman - Query Performance Tuning: A 12 step method. Randy Knight - Understanding isolation levels. Paul Randal - Waits, Latches, and Spinlocks: Internals and Analysis Glenn Barry - Storage Subsystem Basics for the DBA. Brent Ozar - Why is SQL Server Slow right now? </span> |
I do have a few grips about the event. Most can not be helped by the event organizers. First, the conference hotel rate was all…