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  • RE: Where do senior SQL DBAs land finally?

    I could well land up stacking shelves in a supermarket. Somewhere warm, not too demanding...

    I used to be a DBA on DB2, then moved to SQL Server.

    Back in 2007...

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  • RE: How would you set up your server?

    Why should your server only have 2 disks? If this is an exam question you have already seen there are many right answers. If this is for a...

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  • RE: Always On - SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition - Does Requires to pay for an extra license?

    Going back to the OP, this is what I understand about SQL licencing after many hours of negotiation with resellers and Microsoft. However it is only a guide, you...

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    When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor they call me a communist - Archbishop Hélder Câmara

  • RE: Want to ensure I'm not going to break my SQL Server service account

    If you have any SQL 2012 or above instances running on Windows 2012 or above then you really should look at using Group Managed Service Accounts, at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh831782.aspx

    gMSAs have the...

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    When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor they call me a communist - Archbishop Hélder Câmara

  • RE: Burnout

    One thing I noticed after going through burnout is that some thing I used to cope with were just not happening anymore. After being very rigorous on deadlines and...

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    When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor they call me a communist - Archbishop Hélder Câmara

  • RE: Migration of SQL Server 2008 R2 to AWS cloud

    The DBA is left with finding creative ways to push the data to RDS

    Kurt, I am assuming you have a VPN between your current data centres and AWS. The...

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    When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor they call me a communist - Archbishop Hélder Câmara

  • RE: Migration of SQL Server 2008 R2 to AWS cloud

    Going back to the OP, what is the main reason for wanting to move to AWS?

    Is this just for personal training, or is your organisation planning to move...

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  • RE: Design vehicle and its parts database in SQL server

    If this is a database for a real vehicle that will be put into production, then you are looking at closer to 2,000 to 3,000 tables instead of 2 or...

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  • RE: Platform Comparison - SQL vs. Oracle (Need benefits)

    They are relying on us to provide our technical "SME" opinions

    IMHO the main items are:

    1) Cost of conversion to a new DBMS, which will involve re-writing all of the database...

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  • RE: Platform Comparison - SQL vs. Oracle (Need benefits)

    In the end it will be management that decide this issue, not technical people.

    My advice is to talk to your management and find out what pressures they are under regarding...

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  • RE: sql server 2012 on win 2012 cluster issue

    Getting MSDTC to work correctly on a cluster is complex, and it is hard to find all the information in one place.

    * Your local MSDTC must have a CID on...

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  • RE: Decreasing CPU's on SQL 2012 DB Server (VM)

    Most of the figures you mention are helpful in working out a theoretical performance model, but your organisation uses SQL Server to give actual performance to the business.

    My advice is...

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  • RE: I'm confused - Consolidation upgrade to 2014

    Even the best Capacity Planners, the people who specialise in doing capacity planning as their paid job for many years, reckon any estimate they give is at best accurate to...

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  • RE: The Last Job

    This is definitely my last commercial job, with last day in the office Friday of this week.

    I have been offered a 1-day per week job with a charity to help...

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  • RE: How to format unformated phone numbers Please...,

    Your examples show phone numbers from the US only. If your data can validly contain phone numbers from other countries then your validation and formatting is not correct.

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