--- title: The Coeo Blog | Karl Grambow description: I have over 19 years’ experience of working with SQL Server having, at one point or another, worked in development, administration and architecture roles. I have extensive experience of managing large estates and a particular interest in performance monitoring and troubleshooting. I have been a part of Coeo since 2012 and currently head up a team of 10 DBAs where we provide mission critical, round the clock support for Coeo’s customers. --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## Karl Grambow ![](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg) I have over 19 years’ experience of working with SQL Server having, at one point or another, worked in development, administration and architecture roles. I have extensive experience of managing large estates and a particular interest in performance monitoring and troubleshooting. I have been a part of Coeo since 2012 and currently head up a team of 10 DBAs where we provide mission critical, round the clock support for Coeo’s customers. Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [Superscaling Transactional Replication](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2015/03/07/superscaling-transactional-replication) [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2015/03/07/superscaling-transactional-replication) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | March 07 , 2015 ## [Transactional Replication Performance Tips](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2015/03/02/transactional-replication-performance-tips) [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2015/03/02/transactional-replication-performance-tips) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | March 02 , 2015 ## [Horizontally Partitioned Views](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2015/02/24/horizontally-partitioned-views) [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2015/02/24/horizontally-partitioned-views) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | February 24 , 2015 ## [Slow-Running Query Due To Optimizer Timeout](https://blog.coeo.com/slow-running-query-due-to-optimizer-timeout) ## Slow-Running Query Due To Optimizer Timeout [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/slow-running-query-due-to-optimizer-timeout) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | November 24 , 2014 ## [Expectations of a Remote DBA Service](https://blog.coeo.com/expectations-of-a-remote-dba-service) Working as a Principal DBA in Coeo’s [Remote DBA Team](http://www.coeo.com/dedicated-support), I’m occasionally asked to talk to a prospective customer about how our team operates and to give them a technical overview of Coeo’s Remote DBA service. I’m often struck by how pleasantly surprised they are with what they hear about how we.. [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/expectations-of-a-remote-dba-service) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | November 17 , 2014 ## [SCOM Won't Discover My SQL Server (Or Cluster)](https://blog.coeo.com/scom-wont-discover-my-sql-server-or-cluster) In my previous post I discussed an instance where SCOM was failing to monitor the space of a SQL Server database.  In this latest post I want to bring to light an issue that was altogether more serious. I particularly wanted to write this post because, although there are a number of possible reasons.. [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/scom-wont-discover-my-sql-server-or-cluster) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | October 20 , 2014 ## [SCOM Thinks my SQL Server Database is Full](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2014/10/03/scom-thinks-my-sql-server-database-is-full) As a SQL Server DBA, you may be working in environment that is monitored by System Center Operations Manager. If so, you’ll probably spend a lot of time in building a monitoring platform and configuring it to ensure that the DBA team get woken up when things start (or about to start) going wrong. [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2014/10/03/scom-thinks-my-sql-server-database-is-full) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | October 04 , 2014 ## [Working with 30000 data files in one database – why do my log backups take so long?](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2014/07/17/working-with-30000-data-files-in-one-database-why-do-my-log-backups-take-so-long) # Working with 30000 data files in one database – why do my log backups take so long? [![Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/KarlCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/karlgrambow/2014/07/17/working-with-30000-data-files-in-one-database-why-do-my-log-backups-take-so-long) [Karl Grambow](https://blog.coeo.com/author/karl-grambow) | July 17 , 2014 ### Recent posts ### Categories - [SQL Server (118)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server) - [Azure (58)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure) - [Microsoft (49)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/microsoft) - [Dedicated Support (47)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/dedicated-support) - [Coeo News (43)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news) - [Professional Development (34)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/professional-development) - [Industry News (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/industry-news) - [cyber security (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cyber-security) - [power bi (25)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/power-bi) - [Opinion (21)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/opinion) - [Cloud (17)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cloud) - [Business Intelligence (16)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/business-intelligence) - [analytics (15)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/analytics) - [Security (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/security) - [career (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/career) - [SQL Server updates (13)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server-updates) - [windows Updates (11)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/windows-updates) - [Azure Databricks (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-databricks) - [data platform (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-platform) - [Clustering (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/clustering) - [Finance (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/finance-news) - [podcast (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/podcast) - [azure sql database (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-sql-database) - [data (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data) - [Data Science (7)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-science) ### Popular posts ![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo-invert.png) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | info@coeo.com ## Contact Us By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Coeo to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested. 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