Steve Jones asks the question why so much data in SQL Server is cleared when we restart an instance.  Read more...

There always seem to be more and more instances to manage, but not more and more staff. Steve Jones talks about the key to good management being delegation of the work.  Read more...

One very handy item Steve Jones found as a DBA was a DBA only database on each instance. Today he asks you if you have one and if not, why not. There are good reasons to have one, and security is usually not a problem.  Read more...

Today Steve responds to a blog post from Microsoft that talks about the viability of placing our database files on network shares.  Read more...

An update to the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer tool intrigues Steve Jones as it seems to have been enhanced to better help DBAs manage SQL Server.  Read more...

Finding downtime can be hard at times, but Steve Jones recently found a company that took it during the week. This Friday's poll asks when you can have downtime.  Read more...

DBAs tend to be very organized, and most of them don't want unnecessary objects on their systems. Is it worth cleaning up? Steve Jones asks the question this Friday.  Read more...

Every DBA needs to give serious consideration to the level of antivirus/antispyware protection they need on their SQL Server instances, and to the performance implications of the strategy they choose.  Read more...

Are SQL Server DBAs prone to going around boasting about the size of their BCHR? And does it have any significance?  Read more...

This Friday Steve Jones asks if you build your own mini-me's to help you manage your database systems.  Read more...

There are any number of small, annoying or tedious things in SQL Server and Steve Jones makes a case for getting them fixed.  Read more...