Future of Database Mirroring
One of the beloved feature of SQL server standard edition for HA is database mirroring, since you only have 2-node...
2015-03-12
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SQL backup directly to Azure storage
Most companies required to keep their database backup offsite (on tape) for many years due to audit requirement. This normally...
2015-03-12
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2015 - the year of upgrade
2015 should be a very busy year for most DBAs, due to the end of support of SQL server 2005...
2015-02-06
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Mentor blog
I have been following a few blogs for a number of years now, and one of the most enjoying blog...
2015-02-02
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Memory consideration (Windows + SQL)
We all know that with the latest Windows 2012 R2 and SQL 2014, even with the standard edition, it can...
2014-11-14
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DR drill - Part 1: General
Every DBA in their career should have done DR drill at some point, in fact it should be done in...
2014-09-18
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SQL Server licensing consideration
You might already read lots of post about SQL server 2012 is license per core rather then per socket and...
2014-04-07
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AlwaysOn Availability Groups Setting
Many of us are planning to move to SQL Server 2012 in the coming year, and one of the feature...
2014-04-01
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Checking Backup/Restore progress
Every now and then we all need to perform backup or restore, for large databases when we need to perform...
2013-10-09
611 reads
Installing SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2012
Everyone knows that installing SQL server requires .Net frameworks 3.5, and it normally install by default, when you run the...
2013-03-12
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Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
2025 exposed a growing gap between AI ambition and operational reality. As budgets tightened...
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Question of the Day
The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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