Thanksgiving 2012

Human Power

It's incredible what humans can accomplish when they work on a problem with passion. This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation.

SSD Lifetimes

This week Steve Jones looks at the expected lifetimes of SSDs and finds one that might be a nice upgrade for your system.

The Cost of Storage

As DBAs we constantly need more storage, but do we know what the impact or cost of this storage is to our employers? Answer this week's poll.

The Encryption Primer Resources

I delivered my Encryption Primer talk this past Tuesday at the Boulder SQL Server Users Group and last night at...

Better Secure Hashing – SHA3

I’ve been giving an encryption talk over the last year, focusing on educating DBAs on the various features and capabilities...

Failure Lessons

Steve Jones would like to see more disclosure about what works and doesn't work when deploying new systems and software.

The Future of DBAs

What's the future for DBAs with cloud services and computing? Steve Jones talks about what might be coming soon.

Too Much Data

Are you managing too much data? Lots of data professionals feel that way, but fortunately "Big Data" is in the news and bringing more visibility to the challenges we face on a daily basis.

Monitoring is Essential

One of the keys to better availability, scalability, and performance on your systems is understanding what is happening in the instances. That requires monitoring, which Steve Jones sees as essential.