D'OH!

Sometimes the simple solutions stare you in the face, and you still don't see them...

Thanks!

Something I found amusing on LI is that everyone at my old employer, doesn't actually work there...

The company hasn't / doesn't have an LI profile, but there's another company with...

So, like an Id10T, I went to the gym last night and for the first time in almost 2 years lifted weights. Well, OK, used weight machines, but still...

Now,...

I'd say the first thing to do, is see what SQL says is the reason for not re-using the log space:

use [master];

select name, log_reuse_wait_desc from sys.databases;

Could be a long-running transaction,...

The rule of thumb would be to set it large enough that it doesn't need to grow, with a little headroom to handle "bursts" of transactions.

It's the sort of thing...

Nuns

jcrawf02 (8/2/2013)

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we'll send you some fresh cream, and you can enjoy...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/31/2013)

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As of now, most of the last year has been spent on Simple Talk, which had a very creaky, and cumbersome platform. This one, whilst...

I didn't even really notice, I guess because...

A couple months back, I changed jobs...

My new employer uses (and has been using) CommVault for several years to handle all the backups, and here's what I've seen / discovered...

Jeff Moden (7/26/2013)

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BWAAA-HAAA!!! I've got tons of hair. I'm just not allowed to show it...

Virtualization tech: Whatever you're comfortable with

OSes: Licenses for the virtualization depends on what you go with, both MS and VMWare have free options. Guest OSes again will...

As long as you stay stingy on the disk space granted to a VM, you could probably get away with doing this with a virtualization server with a single 2TB...

OK, I now want to try set-based TV watching...

Anyone got a couch I can sleep on when the wife kicks me out for it? I figure if I use...

Stefan Krzywicki (7/24/2013)

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jcrawf02 (7/24/2013)

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Koen Verbeeck (7/23/2013)

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Probably, if I wasn't already...