Recently, we began the install of a new instance on a VMware Host and ran into an issue with a problematic outdated ISO file. Therefore, those of you embarking on new SQL 2008 installs, please avoid a potential headache, as personally exposed to (and like these guys lived through also), by… Read more

 In the Spring of 2008 Idera launched its SQL admin toolset at a super low deal of around two hundred and fifty bucks, so they lured me in rather easily at that price.  And considering a few years prior how much I loved handling a 25+ server environment… Read more

As far as operating systems go, I can be pretty conservative with respect to what operating system I chose to have at home as a network server, currently a second generation ML 150 server by Hewlett Packard with dual Xeon 3Ghz (not dual core, but dual socket, with hyperthreading) and sadly only 1GB… Read more

Let's say it is a late Monday morning, because something always comes up before you are required at your vocation, and by means of unfortunate circumstances, upon arrival you are faced with a clustered server that has provided you with a beautiful stack dump thanks to an e-mail Alert sent… Read more