Good catch Noel in a glance I hadn't even spotted that. Is this a typo an hdbc should actually be hdbc1. If not then you would jump...

I will conceede I wasn't think straight on Logs I would split again RAID5 low transaction RAID10 High Transaction.

I do know there are performance gains with RAID10 but I also...

Could be, backup you vmware file and instal SP3. But also make sure what hotfix level you are at becase there was one with a few known issues.

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Actually I woul say most Hi-Tech places are going this ways as well even when it is less that the cost-of-living increase average for the area. Wal-Street (yes a play...

Your objective is your mission statement. At least from how I hav seen it defined. Might need a bit of word smithing to make it shine.

"Provide concise support services for...

Yes it would be. All depends on how much perfomance hit you are willing to accept. I always evaluate that fact in a decision. But based on the comment that...

Unfortunately I have been burnt by 2 companies with regards to "We're a family" but when they got into financial trouble (their own making) you could see the higher ups...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;912251

This is the method I would suggest.

As for if you decide to reinstall, my understanding is that if that is the expected level it will not cause an issue, if there is a later hotfix level...

Yes look at the Lookups tab depending on the location you are talking about. You can create a lookup query (select 1 from table where pk = ?) pass the...

Does it work when run from the server where you hav scheduled when run by a user?

Look at using an INI file to store the connection, but not the user and password (if they need to chang you are better off finding another method). Then you...

Sorry never used myself. However if locks are left usually it means a process is still running. Look in EM and see if you ca find the connections. Using KILL...

I have not seen it but it is reproducably every time? Is the process part of a stored procedure where maybe you create a temp table during the run? What...