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Last year I noticed I was blogging way less than I should, in part because of new projects: work, personal stuff, local community activities, university projects... you name it.As...

2020-01-31

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Computer and Monitor on a desk

New Youtube Channel

Last year I noticed I was blogging way less than I should, in part because of new projects: work, personal stuff, local community activities, university projects... you name it.As...

2020-01-31

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AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2019

AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2019

1.    Amazon RDS SQL Server Supports differential and log and restores: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/amazon-rds-for-sql-server-now-supports-differential-restores-and-log-restores/ 

2.    Amazon RDS SQL Server now supports logs to cloudwatch: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/now-publish-log-files-amazon-rds-sql-server-amazon-cloudwatch/ 

3.    Amazon RDS SQL...

2020-01-29

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AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2019

1.    Amazon RDS SQL Server Supports differential and log and restores: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/amazon-rds-for-sql-server-now-supports-differential-restores-and-log-restores/ 

2.    Amazon RDS SQL Server now supports logs to cloudwatch: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/now-publish-log-files-amazon-rds-sql-server-amazon-cloudwatch/ 

3.    Amazon RDS SQL Server now supports high availability in...

2020-01-29

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How Long is a Long I/O?

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