Disaster Recovery Scenarios with HP Data Protector
Let's say it is a late Monday morning, because something always comes up before you are required at your vocation,...
2009-08-10
5,608 reads
Articles
Push vs. pull: Configuring SQL Server replication
Learn the difference between push and pull subscriptions and how to determine the best placement for SQL Server replication's Distribution Agent
2009-08-10
3,198 reads
T-SQL Best Practices – Part 2
Continuing our discussion covering T-SQL best practices, this article focuses on how to optimize writing a jack-of- all-trades stored procedure (SP).
2009-08-10
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A Story of the Deleted Transaction Log
James DiMauro brings us a story of how a transaction log was deleted and then recreated. (from July 2008)
2009-08-07 (first published: 2008-07-14)
20,754 reads
Good for the Goose
This Friday's poll asks you about having a fair set of benefits for extra time work. Steve Jones wants to know how your employer treats you.
2009-08-07
70 reads
Good for the Goose
This Friday's poll asks you about having a fair set of benefits for extra time work. Steve Jones wants to know how your employer treats you.
2009-08-07
579 reads
Good for the Goose
This Friday's poll asks you about having a fair set of benefits for extra time work. Steve Jones wants to know how your employer treats you.
2009-08-07
600 reads
Richard Stallman: Geek of the Week
Many famous geeks work away at their programs without considering the wider implications of what they, and others, are doing. Richard Stallman isn't like that. Richard (rms) is one of the great brains behind Linux distros, as he wrote the GNU compilers and GNU debugger. He is driven by strong opinions about the nature of free software, and the restrictive nature of software copyright. We sent our intrepid reporter, Richard Morris, to find out if Richard Stallman really required journalists to read parts of the GNU philosophy before an interview, for "efficiency's sake".
2009-08-07
2,874 reads
Scripting in SSIS
Tim Mitchell presented at SQLSaturday #17 on Scripting in SSIS. I thought it was a really interesting presentation, and I’m...
2009-08-07
3,559 reads
Simple Doughnut Chart for Analysis Services Data
Architect Bill Pearson leads the hands-on creation of a simple doughnut chart based upon an Analysis Services data source.
2009-08-07
3,212 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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