Guest Columnist: Rodney Landrum

Rodney Landrum on why many DBAs find it hard to ask for, and take, their due DBAcations.  Read more...

In a guest editorial, Rodney Landrum reflects on his career path as a an information-hungry generalist.  Read more...

It seems inevitable that many customers will end up paying more to get the same features they have today, under the new SQL Server licencing model, unless they respond to Microsoft's creativity with some of their own.  Read more...

In a guest editorial, Rodney Landrum offers a light-hearted guide to role of each member of the cast in a typical SQL code deployment.   Read more...

Rodney landrum wonders what, if anything, you would do in SQL, or any other beloved technology, if you did not have to?  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Rodney Landrum that talks about life in the past, when we couldn't look up everything on the Internet.  Read more...

A guest editorial from Rodney Landrum looks at how we get advice from others in the wild, wild world of the Internet.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Rodney Landrum who wonders how DBA Managers, removed from the front lines, can keep up to date and retain their edge. Is it inevitable that, slowly but inexorably, they will feel the 'blunting of the blade'?  Read more...

Some change requests, such as deploying a new stored procedure or trigger, are relatively easy to manage whereas others, such as data deployments, tend to thwart all attempts at standardization. And yet, there must be a way, and Rodney Landrum believes that DBA-developer co-operation lies at the heart of it.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Rodney Landrum. Rodney and his team of DBAs manage 110 active servers, throughout a regionally dispersed organization. How many DBAs would you expect to be on Rodney's team...?  Read more...

Rodney Landrum has lived through several simulated emergencies and one real one, in the form of Hurricane Ivan. The tests do not adequately prepare you for the real thing. Real emergencies bring tension, exhaustion and hunger pangs. Simulations bring lethargy, pre-determined end times, and warm pizza.  Read more...

Inside the SQL Server Tacklebox you'll find day-to-day tools and techniques to automate and standardize SQL Server installation, document and report on your servers, migrate data and manage data growth, troubleshoot performance issues, receive notifications of impending issues, secure access to your servers and fight off the data corruption monster.  Read more...

Rodney Landrum demonstrates an ingenious way to monitor blocked SQL Server processes across all your servers, using nothing but SSRS.   Read more...