What Do You Want to Know About I/O?
Steve Jones is looking forward to learning more about I/O. There is a panel of experts, taking questions at SQL Intersection in a few weeks.
2013-03-27
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Editorials
A Good Security Response
Evernote recently had a security incident and forced all users to reset their passwords. Many people thought this was a good response to a security incident. Would your company act in a similar manner?
2013-03-26
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Car Data
Today's automobiles might collect more data than you think. All that might data gives us opportunities to find new and interesting ways to use this data with software.
2013-03-25
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What Counts for a DBA: Laziness
Louis Davidson is willing to bet that a relatively small handful of lazy people have done more for the world than all of the hard working people combined.
2013-03-25
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Toggle Switches
SQL Server has grown and expanded to provide administrators and developers with a great deal of information on how it processes queries. However Steve Jones asks if you want more information and options for tuning.
2013-03-22
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Zettabytes and Beyond
The growth of data, and the sheer scale of data we store and manage is stunning. Steve Jones looks at the rates of growth these days.
2013-03-21
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Stop, Smell, Smile
On this quiet Friday, Steve Jones skips a poll and talks about life. This editorial was originally published on Jun 6, 2008. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation.
2013-03-20 (first published: 2008-06-06)
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Serious Storage
Steve Jones talks about the serious storage that EMC is bringing to the Vatican library.
2013-03-19
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The Backup Process
Today Steve Jones talks about backups. Setting up a process is good, but you cannot count on it working forever. You need to check periodically to be sure it's working, and that your skills are not deteriorating.
2013-03-18
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Inconsistency
This Friday Steve Jones notes that changing and altering your opinions is good and invites you to share things you might have learned that changed your mind in the past.
2013-03-15
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
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