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  • RE: Backups Aren't Backups Until a Restore Is Made

    It is also possible to have perfectly good backups, but then loose the keys. For example, iIf TDE is enabled on a database, then backups are encrypted by default, so...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Interview Question

    When participating in an interview, I'll often ask the candidate open ended questions similar to this. It's a lot more telling than a simple question about "What is a clustered...

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  • RE: Track insert update delete in a table

    The data management view [sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats] aggregates statistics like total reads / writes, last read / write datetime, etc. However, the counters do get reset whenever the server is restarted. The...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: I found a huge SQL server profiler tuning trace on a production server, can I do anything usefull with it?

    A substantial profiler trace, logging a lot of data for which you're unsure what to do with; that may cause more problems than it helps. It can consume CPU or...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Would You Still Love Linux If Windows Was Free?

    Perhaps the operating system debate is just a needless distraction. Expanding on the existing SQLOS subsystem, the SQL Server database engine could theoretically run on bare metal and do all...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Very large Indexes (~3TB) and need to rebuild fast

    Of course you should avoid rebuilding indexes. However, if for whatever reason you do need to periodically rebuild indexes on TB sized tables, then definately parition the indexes and REBUILD...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Would You Still Love Linux If Windows Was Free?

    .. Finally we get to cost. Linux gets adopted a lot because it’s free. I looked on Azure at the time I wrote this and a D15 v2 instance...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Great and Powerful Internet of Things

    As database professionals we should not feel obliged to "toe the line" or "jump on the bandwagon" when it comes to IoT, Social Media, or even Big Data. Other professions...

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  • RE: All indexes in one small table are taking too long to rebuild

    The index process may not be slow but rather stalled in some type of blocked state. Use SP_WHO2 while it's running to confirm.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Any way to guesstimate internet needs for remote DBA?

    nancy.lytle - Friday, February 3, 2017 9:04 AM

    I will be using the hotspot with my laptop, so phone battery, thank goodness is...

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  • RE: 1 Tb is How many rows in a databse

    For traditional RowStore tables, it depends on the column definition, data types, and other factors like compression, page fill, and fragmentation. I once say a table with only about 150,000...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Interview Question

    From a performance, security, usability, and maintainability perspective; stored procedures clearly have an advantage over embedded or ad-hoc SQL. My approach to answering this questions would be to think of...

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  • RE: The Great and Powerful Internet of Things

    djackson 22568 - Thursday, February 2, 2017 2:28 PM

    Eric M Russell - Thursday, February 2, 2017 11:55...

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  • RE: Any way to guesstimate internet needs for remote DBA?

    Back in the early 2000's, many of us were still using Windows Remote Desktop across a 56 Kbps dial-up modem connection, but what constitutes a slow internet connection today is...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Best way to randomly select rows?

    Transactions represents your user table which I'm loading with mockup rows.

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