Expensive CPUs
Adding non-core database features to a system can expand its capabilities, but it can also be an expensive use of your hardware and software licenses.
2026-02-04
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Hardware
Building a Data Center
A data center is a complex beast. Is it worth building and maintaining your own? Steve has a few thoughts on a data center versus a cloud.
2025-02-05
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The Rise of Data Centers
There is still a huge demand for data centers, both from cloud vendors and private enterprises.
2025-01-06
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The Invisible Disk
Steve sees disk drives as shrinking to the point of being invisible to most of us.
2024-09-09
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2024-06-17
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Portable Data Storage
Today Steve wonders if the technology for storage and data transfers has superseded the need for portable drives.
2024-01-15
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Building a PC
Steve has a few thoughts on building your own PC to help you with work or your career.
2022-06-10
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2021-04-28
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Will You Touch a Server Again?
Steve doesn't think he will ever work on server class machine again in terms of hardware. He wonders how many of you feel the same.
2021-02-17
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The Database Server Upgrade for Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt upgrades their database servers and publishes the details.
2021-02-01
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Blogs
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Yippee-Kai-Yay 2027 Summit in Denver
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Question of the Day
Adding Bits I
I have a table, dbo.bittest, where I am testing an application response. This has this structure:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[BitTest] ( [insertdate] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF__BitTest__insertd__300F11AC] DEFAULT (getdate()), [a] [bit] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOMy application runs this code:
INSERT dbo.BitTest
(
insertdate,
a
)
VALUES
(DEFAULT, 'true')
GO
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