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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (2/13/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (2/8/2011)


    Hey, while I've got you guys here, when I was off the network, the Virtual Box and the laptop stopped communicating. I'm sure I've got a configuration...

  • RE: Anyone Monitoring SQL Server from a Blackberry ?

    paul.knibbs (2/14/2011)


    Silly question: why not just configure SQL server to send job failure etc. e-mails to the e-mail account linked to your Blackberry?

    Not a silly question you can do that....

  • RE: Courses for SQL Server DBAs

    m--S3qU3L (2/13/2011)


    Thanks for the reply.

    But my query is for the courses on networking, SAN, AD, etc (other than SQL). Will it benefit me in the long run in my DBA...

  • RE: Sending data here, there and everywhere

    Wow! Sounds like a bit of a mess. I guess it depends on what you're moving where and why. Any of the tools you mentioned will help, depending on the...

  • RE: Courses for SQL Server DBAs

    It kind of depends on how you learn, but sure, taking a course will absolutely help you increase your knowledge and your skill set. Now, there are courses and there...

  • RE: Backup & Restore

    A backup that large directly to tape is going to take forever. Do you have multiple file groups you can backup from? That would probably work better.

    At your size of...

  • RE: installation location for mdf, ldf, backup files

    I'd like to repeat exactly what George said...

    Well, OK, I'll ad a little. If you can, seperate the OS from the mdf from the ldf. After that, it gets into...

  • RE: Database monitor tool

    There are a lot of products out there that will do this. I've used four with varying degrees of success: SCOM, Idera Diagnostic Manager, Confio Ignite, and Red Gate SQL...

  • RE: Anyone Monitoring SQL Server from a Blackberry ?

    Yeah, I've done it from a Blackberry in the past.

    Now I use my iPad and my Droid. There are different ways you can do it with 3rd party tools. My...

  • RE: Query Performance

    There are just tons of things to check. It's extremely rare for it to be the network. Most of the time, it's a badly written piece of code, or there's...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    It's a troll or it's an idiot. Either way, I think the conversation has gone way past the point where anything useful is going to come out of it. If...

  • RE: back up file size

    Raghavender (2/12/2011)


    Thanks All for your valuable suggestions, it was nice discussion.

    If possible can you please provide the SQL Server interview questions ?

    Nope. That's not how most of us work around...

  • RE: Truncating transaction logs

    Better still, since you can't use point in time recovery while truncating transaction logs, just set your database to simple recovery and leave it there. Better that than having to...

  • RE: SQL server DBA

    Henry Treftz (2/11/2011)


    It would depend a bit if it is 2005 or 2008 but I will recommend...

    SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled -- Fritchey

    SQL Server 2008 Internals -- Delaney...

  • RE: SQL server DBA

    I'd absolutely go with the Internals book by Kalen Delaney.

    After that, it really depends on what your primary problems are. Make sure you make use of this place. there are...

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