A recent Microsoft outage caused by a bad patch pushed out to Windows instances managed by CrowdStrike has thrown a spotlight on the critical importance of effective patch management....
2024-07-23 (first published: 2024-07-19)
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Today, we’re unpacking a real-world tech drama that unfolded in Singapore, offering a stark reminder about the vital role of Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and the often overlooked, yet...
2023-12-06 (first published: 2023-11-21)
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Today, we’re diving into the world of cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, breaking them down into three categories: Reflected XSS, Stored XSS, and DOM XSS. Let’s explore these digital threats...
2023-05-17 (first published: 2023-04-10)
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This article describes the steps you take to prepare the VMware infrastructure for installing and configuring a high-availability SAP ASCS/SCS instance on a Windows failover cluster by using SIOS...
2022-11-28
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Intro So you have built a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI), or maybe an SAP ASCS/ERS cluster in Azure. Each node of the cluster resides in a different...
2022-10-24 (first published: 2022-10-12)
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Well, it’s long overdue that I left the comfort of my Windows GUI and ventured into the world of Linux. Mind you I have dabbled a very little bit...
2022-09-09 (first published: 2022-08-29)
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On September 9th, 2021, Microsoft announced the general availability of Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage, including Azure Shared Disk. What makes this interesting is that you can...
2022-06-01 (first published: 2022-05-11)
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It’s the end of the work day here on the east coast and I see that the Facebook is still unavailable. Facebook acknowledged the problem in the following two...
2021-10-04
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Originally posted on DataSteve: Introduction They are multiple options to implement HADR solution for SQL Server in AWS public cloud. The easiest way to do that is to use...
2021-09-10 (first published: 2021-08-25)
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When ensuring high availability for SAP ASCS and ERS running on WIndows Server, the primary cluster solution you will want to use is Windows Server Failover Clustering. However, when...
2021-07-27
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By Steve Jones
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Say we have a database that we want to migrate a copy of into...
We are trying to get apps and users off of using SQL accounts to...
Hi I have this view to check if a job is running: SELECT...
All, if you are like me and do not care for the built-in color...
Certain internal SQL Server actions cause internal checkpoints. Which of these actions does not cause an internal checkpoint?
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