Links You Should’ve Clicked Last Week: Monday, October 12, 2009

Database Related

• How to use the SQLIOSim utility to simulate SQL Server activity on a disk subsystem
• Rebuilding Indexes vs. Updating Statistics
• Things you might not know about SSIS Precedence Constraints
• No more support for SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 RTM

Programming Related

• Visual Studio Open Source Plugins at SourceForge
• Frog.NET – Open Source ORM
• Why are there no extension properties in C# 4.0?

Sysadmin Related

• Rebuilding RAID Drives and Errors
• RAIDs Days May Be Numbered
• Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2: What’s New in Printing and Printing Performance Enhancements
• What’s New in Windows Server 2008 R2

Misc

• Operation ShareLove – Support Asian Flood
• How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily
• Your Own Personal Development Plan
• FTC to Bloggers: Disclose Freebies or Face $11,000 Fine

LearnItFirst Related

I don’t plan on adding much LearnItFirst material here but, since these pages were added this week, I’ll add them here:

• Training PDFs – these new PDFs match LearnItFirst’s video training courses
• Free SQL Server training videos