The DBAccountant
Are DBAs going to be responsible for financial accounting for cloud resources as a part of their job? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2024-05-06
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Cloud Computing
The Cloud Database Cost Analysis
Managing costs in the cloud is something many companies are concerned about. Today Steve thinks that technical people will bear more responsibility for this in the future.
2024-03-27
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Auto Renew Subscriptions
Reserved resources in Azure can auto renew now, but Steve isn't sure if that makes our jobs easier.
2024-03-23
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Re-Evaluating the Cloud
An update from 37 Signals/Basecamp shows their expatriation from the cloud has been a success. Worth reading before you make too many moves to the cloud.
2024-01-10
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Interesting Aurora MySQL Feature: The Buffer Pool Survives Restarts
Lemme start this off by saying this is probably irrelevant to you. (It’s irrelevant to me, too.)
2024-01-05
Sending resource alerts on Managed Instance using db_mail
One of the biggest issue that you might experience in Managed Instance is reaching storage limit or finding out that you don't have enough CPU. In this case you would need to get the bigger instance; however, this is not instant operation. In this post, you will see how you can monitor resource usage and send email alerts if there is a risk that you might reach the limits.
2023-12-20
Try, Try Again, Until It's Right
A cloud migration for DoorDash interested Steve, primarily because it didn't work, but they were able to back out and try again.
2023-12-15
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PowerShell Commands to Administer Virtual Machines on Amazon AWS - Part 2
Learn about various PowerShell commands that can be used to administer virtual machines on Amazon AWS.
2023-12-04
2023-11-20
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How to get your security team on board with your cloud migration
In this second part of the Q&A with Dustin Dorsey, we asked him about how to get buy-in from security teams who are cautious by nature, how to encourage the wider IT team to accept their recommendations, and what additional challenges highly regulated sectors like healthcare and finance face.
2023-11-17
Blogs
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
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Question of the Day
Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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