Cluster failover – what’s the best way to get notified?
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I look after several clustered instances of SQL SERVER. One of the tasks that I do every morning is to check...
2011-03-27
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So you’re RAIDed, but are you protected?
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Occasionally, I hear things that surprise me. And one of the statements that I’ve heard lately that fits into that category is...
2011-03-24
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Primary Keys – why accept the defaults.
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When I design a table in SQL SERVER, I like to have a reasonable understanding of how the table will...
2011-03-22
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Primary Keys – why accept the defaults.
G’day,
When I design a table in SQL SERVER, I like to have a reasonable understanding of how the table will...
2011-03-19
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Disaster Recovery Exposure - Part Two
In part one, I gave a general overview of some of the things that may affect IT services in the...
2011-03-15
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Disaster Recovery Exposure. - Part One
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I've just readPaul Randal's sqlmag article about the need to test your disaster recovery strategy. In that article Paul mentions...
2011-03-15
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In summary - SQLskills internals.
Well, I attended a full week of SQL internals from Paul Randal [Blog | Twitter] and Kimberley L. Tripp [Blog | Twitter]...
2011-03-06
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What...you mean I won...and Thank You.
Well, what a week it’s been. I started my winning blog post for the SQLskills blogging competition by stating that...
2011-01-30
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Internals and Performance class in Dallas
At last, my blog is starting to pay real dividends. Not only do I get the opportunity to publish my...
2011-01-28
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Internals and Performance class in Dallas
At last, my blog is starting to pay real dividends. Not only do I get the opportunity to publish my...
2011-01-23
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Blogs
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Forums
AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item AI Observability Challenges in FinOps...
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...
Question of the Day
Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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