But that's the whole reason to replicate using Double take.  It don't care about the SQL database and it's structure.  You simply protect the instance for example.  So the whole...

From the way I understand it where the data is plugged into you can't get a corrupt MDF. 

Well.  Unless were talking SAN I still don't see RAID 10 being the best choice of spending your $$$.

There's so much more then disks that can go wrong.  USING RAID...

Recruiters are scum,  They are car salesmen.  I can't tell you the number of recruiters for IT that operate out of some crappy office with everything on card tables.  They...

It turned out the people from double-take were not really sure what was going on.  My DNS server already had entries for each server (as it should) but the software...

My only comment is take home exams is a stupid concept.  Also 6 people writeing the same thing down is stupod too.  I think like capt Kirk.  He cheated but...

When I think of orgnizations that need DBA's I think of two types. 

1. Orgs that use SQL with Apps they design and develop.

2. The rest of them that use...

So what about raid 6?  Then you can lose 2 disks of the min 4 and still be running.  Slow mind you but you could run.  you can do raid10...

Well I wish to be the best at what I do.  I measure sucess in a few ways.

1. That you make enough money that you can do what you want...

I let IBM pick the drive.  That's what their for.  So unless your buying Dell servers. IE cheap peices of crap that use the bottom dollar drive available at the...

It isn't dead it's just there isn't an academic track for NON-PROGRAMMERS>  I was taught Pascal, C++ and an bunch of other languages and made write dumb programs that did...

Here's my skinny on RAID5 and then DR. Other then performance gains with RAID10 or some other exoitic flavor of RAID I don't feel one is better then the other.  Why? ...

Yes thank you...

Thanks about the Enterprise info.. Not much diffrence between them so that's good news.

As to the fix you mean SP4 makes the issue a non-issue right?  So no hot-fix necessary...

I assume you mean putting a 32-bit app (sql 2000) on a 64-bit process (2k3x64) right?  Well here's what I've been told.  Right or wrong.

Because I'm on gp 7.5...