Let me start by stating some disclaiming remarks. I'm not against stored procedures in general, I find that the choice why procedures should be used, should be based on proper facts, not on claims without any proof.
2006-05-29
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Ensuring the availability of your database servers is becoming more important all the time. Fortunately you have more choices than ever. Bilal Ahmed looks at some of the possible solutions available for SQL Server.
2006-04-26
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Building a highly fault tolerant and available SQL Server is expensive and difficult. This brings about unique challenges for small businesses who often lack the resources of large enterprises. Bilal Ahmed and Shivan Bindal discuss the various ways of building redundancy and the challenges of each.
2006-02-21
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Building a highly available system is hard. This short white paper from Sonasoft shows some of the differences between a cluster and their standby server product.
2005-10-28
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This article discusses the challenges of merging unstructured data into BI systems and provides an example of such a merge to solve an organizational problem.
2005-02-03
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SQL Server has a great backup and recovery architecture, but you have to know how to properly configure and use the server to ensure that you will not be seeking new employment anytime soon. A few of the Sonasoft team have written this short piece on strategies for setting up your backup jobs to ensure recovery in the event of a disaster. Welcome new authors Bilal Ahmed, Kiran Kumar, and Vas Srinivasan.
2004-06-29
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