The School Year
This Friday Steve Jones looks forward to the rest of the year. It's almost time for school and do you have plans? Should you be making some plans?
2013-08-02
103 reads
Editorial
The Human Touch
Humans are often the weakest links in any computer process, but we do need human input. Steve Jones talks about a few issues, and how we should be changing our workflow to reduce issues.
2013-08-01
122 reads
Less QA?
It seems that QA is being cut more and more as software development advances. Is that a good thing? Steve Jones has some thoughts.
2017-05-12 (first published: 2013-07-31)
209 reads
Flying high on the Big Data hot-air
Today Phil Factor talks about Big Data, and all the hype that's in the news.
2013-07-30
271 reads
How to understand NoSQL Databases
Today we have a guest editorial from Phil Factor that looks at NoSQL databases.
2013-07-29
543 reads
Some Relevant PowerShell Books
Phil Factor leafs through a few of his PowerShell books in his library, and considers which are his favorites
2013-07-29
147 reads
What Counts for a DBA: Baselines
It is very difficult to pinpoint what ails a server, just by looking at a single snapshot of the data, or to spot retrospectively what caused the problem by examining aggregated data for the server, collected over many months. The answer? Baselines.
2013-07-22
541 reads
Hiring Heterogeneously
Hiring a diverse group of people can make your team work better. Steve Jones has a few thoughts today.
2017-08-15 (first published: 2013-07-22)
200 reads
DR Failovers
We don't often predict for disasters, which is good since we rarely have extensive plans for dealing with them. If we do, do we actually test our plans, or test the systems under full load?
2013-07-19
127 reads
Password Ninjas
How do you keep track of passwords? A few experts out there share some of their techniques and Steve Jones adds his thoughts.
2013-07-18
296 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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