Don't Explain Too Much

Having management get too involved in technical details can cause problems. Steve Jones notes that technical people should minimize the details when communicating with management.

Regulators, Mount Up

If you are bound by HIPAA regulations, you may have more auditing in your future. If you're not, perhaps you should still pay attention to the criteria being used for auditing.

The Last DBCC CHECKDB Date and Restores

I ran across a question on Twitter recently where someone asked about the DBCC CHECKDB date after a restore. For...

Targeted Learning

Today Steve Jones says your learning should have a plan. He uses an example from a recent conference where one motivated attendee came with a plan.

Review Your Indexing

Today Steve Jones reminds us that we should analyze and re-evalute our indexing strategy on a regular basis.

Thanksgiving 2012 Bloopers

A reel of bloopers for your Thanksgiving enjoyment.

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.