DBAs – soon to disappear??
Heres a thought
With all the monitoring tools and performance gauging software available on the market these days, will there ever...
2010-05-07
595 reads
Justin H-Davies
Log Shipping Problem
Log Shipping Issue (encountered by Abi Chapagai May 7th)
I had set up log shipping between two servers few weeks ago....
2010-05-07
7,603 reads
Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-06
577 reads
Script of the week
Every week I will scour the internet for useful SQL scripts and post my favorite on here.
This weeks comes from...
2010-04-23
392 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 reaches RTM
On April 21 Microsoft announced SQL Server 2008 R2 has been released to manufacturing.
The downloads on Technet/MSDN on May 3....
2010-04-22
404 reads
SQL Server Agent
Found out this week – that we should be restarting this service at least once a week ! (thus allowing the CPU...
2010-04-20
379 reads
Difference between log shipping and database mirroring
Compiled by Abi Chapagai (April 2010)
Implementation of High Availability depends in the need of the business. Each of the technologies...
2010-04-18
24,382 reads
SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring – Abi Chapagai
Introduction
In any distributed environment, database synchronization between two different locations or different servers’ is very essential for mission critical applications....
2010-04-18
2,247 reads
SQL Log Shipping – by Abi Chapagai
SQL Server 2008 High Availability Solution: Log Shipping
In SQL Server, transaction log provides an ability to recover a database...
2010-03-19
1,698 reads
Self-Managed Oracle Databases – Good or Bad ?!
Should we as DBAs be worried that we will become surplus to requirements if Oracle continues to enhance its capabilities to deliver a self-managing...
2010-02-23
384 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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