PowerShell Usage In DBA Work — Case Study 1 / 7
I have been blogged non-technical topics for too long and it is time for me to return to my favourite...
2013-03-06
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Jeffrey Yao
Where Should Database Administration Go?
For the past 5 or 6 years, we have seen lots of innovative products emerged, from smartphone to tablets, from...
2013-02-04
786 reads
DBA Work Accounting
One thing lots of DBA teams, esp. the DBA managers, feel uncomfortable is that it is difficult to quantify/log DBA’s...
2012-10-22
1,829 reads
Why I dislike Third Party Database Monitoring Tools
I have to admit I am not a fan of the various 3rd party monitoring tools (after using a few...
2012-09-17
1,896 reads
When Can You Be Considered As A Senior DBA
As a DBA, when can you consider yourself as a senior DBA?
If you read online posts, you will find most...
2012-08-27
3,453 reads
Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part Two
As a DBA, we have to take various actions based on huge amount of information received. In one perspective, our...
2012-07-31
1,893 reads
Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part One
I define DBA operation productivity as the total positive values brought to the work environment by a DBA in a...
2012-07-24
1,078 reads
Inspirational Database Administration Requirements
Just as a society’s civilization is mostly nurtured by its culture, I believe that DBA work quality is mostly determined...
2012-06-23
928 reads
“Green” Database Administration
For the past few years, I have seen tens of sql server boxes added in my work environment every year,...
2012-06-04
4,631 reads
Investment for DBA Career
As IT professionals, we all will consider and take actions, at some point of time, to “invest” in our careers....
2012-06-02
1,059 reads
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“We love to debate minutiae”
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I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
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Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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