"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 12 - Embracing AI in DataOps

Digital Transformation is happening before our eyes. In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, talk about leveraging AI in DataOps.

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) –

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/memory-key-to-future-ai-and-ml-performance  

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-machine-learning-future-is-now%3A-how-ai-is-disrupting-entire-industries 

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/cognitive-technologies/state-of-ai-and-intelligent-automation-in-business-survey.html

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 11 – The “Precious” Discovery 

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, chat with fellow Quest consultant, Ben Boise, about the critical components of a Discovery conversation with prospects.

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 10 – Wait, Backup!  Can You Recover? 

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, suggest we “back up” and consider the viability of our SQL Server database restores.

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) –

https://www.quest.com/community/blogs/b/performance-monitoring/posts/the-object-of-my-affection-litespeed-s-object-level-recovery

https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2012/10/whos-testing-your-restores-no-really-whos-testing-your-restores/

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 09 – Mold Your Replication Strategy with Clay 

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, ring in the new year with fellow colleague Clay Jackson, and discuss various ways that a solid data replication strategy can improve data operations allowing DBAs more time to focus on what the business truly values, the content of the data.  

It's an episode you will not want to miss. "Ignore it at your peril!" 

Topics include: 
11:46  Near-Instantaneous Failover
13:16  Database Replication Defined
14:30 Offloading Reporting
17:29  Migrations, Upgrades, and Patches with Near-Zero Downtime and Failback Ability
21:12 Automation and DBA focus on the content of the data

“Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics. Enjoy! 

RR Episode 08 – The Grateful Data, Live and on Tour 

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, share their gratitude for being part of the ever-evolving data landscape. 

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) – 

Data Mesh: A New Paradigm for Data Management by Dave Vellante referencing the works of author and technologist, Zhamak Dehghani. 

https://siliconangle.com/2021/10/27/data-mesh-new-paradigm-data-management/ 

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 07 – Is Data Democratization the Key to the Treasure?

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, have a conversation with colleague Albert Rodriguez about reducing the time-to-value of data and the importance of Data Democratization.

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) –

Bernard Marr – 
https://business.adobe.com/resources/data-democratization-is-crucial-to-your-business.html 

John Pocknell –
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6856932736838586369/?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6856932736838586369%29 

Mat Phan -
https://www.quest.com/video/des21-enabling-the-democratization-of-data8149063/

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 06  - POCs - Are You Positioned for Business Value?

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, discuss the most important elements of a POC and how vendors and customers alike can best position themselves for business value.

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) -

A Leadership Vision of Data-Driven Enterprises | Ep. 1 | Accelerate: A NoSQL Original Series - https://youtu.be/TBRMAg4TC94

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 05  - Performance Monitoring Build or Buy?

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, discuss the considerations and advantages for "build vs buy" scenarios relative to a best-fit Performance Monitoring solution.

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) -

https://www.quest.com/community/blogs/b/performance-monitoring/posts/monitoring-strategy-considerations

https://blog.capterra.com/build-or-buy-software/

https://medium.com/adobetech/when-to-build-vs-buy-enterprise-platform-risks-benefits-and-considerations-fea358449b30

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 04  - Are You Prepared For Your Time Away?

In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, consider the common challenge of staying on top of the systems they manage while out of the office. 

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) -

https://www.quest.com/community/blogs/b/performance-monitoring/posts/can-foglight-integrate-with-x-probably 

"Rabbit, Rabbit!" - a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words "rabbit", "rabbits" and/or "white rabbits" aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.

Delivered on the first day of the month, this podcast series dives into various Database Performance topics.  Enjoy!

RR Episode 03 - Is Your Database Pulling its Weight? 

In this episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, speak with their first podcast guest, Darren Mallette.  The three discuss managing workloads and its parallels to powerlifting.

Into the Rabbit Hole (related resources) -

Barbell Assault - Canadian Record Deadlift Attempt - 523 lbs - https://youtu.be/AFs-zM4nMKQ

(Foglight) https://www.quest.com/community/blogs/b/performance-monitoring/posts/find-the-top-application-servers-loading-up-your-database

(Spotlight) https://www.quest.com/community/blogs/b/performance-monitoring/posts/monitoring-workload-heads-or-tails-it-s-two-sides-of-the-same-coin