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  • RE: Track Database growth

    Why do you need a third party tool?

    The default trace run by SQL Server itself already tracks this for you right out of the box. 😉

    Database growth that is....


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    Vegard Hagen
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  • RE: what is difference between database and database instance

    First of all, you need to be aware of the difference between database instance and SQL Server instance - both frequently referred to as just "instance" - a cause much...


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    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: Reasonable Max Memory Usage?

    Sound advice from Glenn Berry and I'm not aware of any good reasons not to follow it.

    Restricting SQL Server's memory use may hurt performance in some cases, but allowing it...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: SQL Server service is not stopping

    Try reading the errorlog - still accessible either by opening the errorlog file directly (it's a plain text file) or via the "Applications" tab in the windows event log. More...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: understanding client statistics information in sql 2008

    http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/10/01/sql-server-sql-server-management-studio-and-client-statistics/%5B/url%5D

    And yes, the times are milliseconds. 🙂


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: different reales of sql server 2008

    You may also find this one useful:

    http://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: Restoring database from DPM snapshot

    DPM = Data Protection Manager for anyone who didn't know that part.

    I have no experience with this myself, but my understanding is that this product works by pausing all IO...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: Phd Suggestions

    Well, he did say he wanted a Phd in database administration, not SQL Server specifically. But yes, this is a SQL Server forum and yes, the MS certifications are the...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: Shrink database

    No, a shrink with no_truncate will "shrink" the data file without actually shrinking it.

    I'm "impressed" that a vendor like Symantec would actually make such recommendations. I mean - you...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: SQL Server 2008 installation

    I think now is always a good time to make improvements and a group is always more managable than having to make changes to each and every individual user account,...


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    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: SQL Server 2008 installation

    Abu Dina (11/19/2012)


    Can you please expand on this a little more? I don't funny understand the need for the group. Why not just user the local Administrator user account for...


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    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: SQL Server 2008 installation

    Abu Dina (11/19/2012)


    Also, if you don't mind me asking another question:

    For the built in SQL Server SA account, can I use the local server Admin as the user?[/quote]

    I have no...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: SQL Server 2008 installation

    Well, if your server is not in a domain, you will probably need an equivalent local group on this server.

    I agree with SpaghettigDBA regarding disk config for tempdb: While it...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: SQL Server 2008 installation

    Logs and data on the same drive is NOT a good setup - it's bad for both performance and integrity.

    Also, while I have no objections to placing the installation files...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
  • RE: Suspended Queries

    Lee Crain (10/31/2012)


    Question: Could your production environment have application code written that is dependent upon a human being having to do something in order to consume data results extracted from...


    Kind regards,

    Vegard Hagen
    Norwegian DBA, occasional blogger and generally a nice guy who believes the world is big enough for all of us.
    @vegard_hagen on Twitter
    Blog: Vegards corner (No actual SQL stuff here - havent found my niche yet. Maybe some day...)

    It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Chinese proverb)

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