Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 2,656 through 2,670 (of 9,241 total)

  • RE: Installing SQL Server on a VM

    TJT (12/3/2014)


    Would you recommend splitting TempDB into multiples files equal to the number of CPUs, for support of one major database?

    Do you even have tempdb contention?

    Rather than just blindly following...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: 2012 Cluster misconfigurations

    fileshare witnesses are mainly for geographically dispersed clusters, i find them flexible enough even for same site clusters. Of course where possible i want to use MNS only

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: 2012 Cluster misconfigurations

    don't bother with a disk witness and use a fileshare witness, this can be placed on a well connected peer server or even a domain controller.

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: Should I install SP4 of 2008 R2 before upgrading to 2012?

    Welsh Corgi (12/2/2014)


    Should I install SP4 of 2008 R2 before upgrading to 2012?

    What about 2005 SP4?

    Thanks.

    SP1 is the minimum req for 2008 R2, there is no SP4 that i can...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: 2012 Cluster misconfigurations

    Perry Whittle (12/3/2014)


    • How many nodes in the cluster?
    • Are they all on same site?

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: Database Mirroring and a NT AUTHORITY account for Database Engine

    plamannkathy (12/2/2014)


    Hi All

    I have just finished configuring my first test mirrored environment (High safety mode). I setup the database engine service accounts on each of the servers with domain\user.

    I...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: 2012 Cluster misconfigurations

    GBeezy (12/3/2014)


    Does this type process work for the quorom?

    No, see my post above for details of the quorum

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: managing failover clustering on windows server 2008 r2

    sej2008 (12/2/2014)


    I know Node and Disk Majority is recommended for Two Node windows clustering.

    Instead of disk witness use a fileshare witness 😉

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: 2012 Cluster misconfigurations

    GBeezy (12/3/2014)


    All,

    I have a SQL Cluster that I manage, but did not build and was not with the company when it was built.

    I feel your pain i've been there before....

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: mirroring database limits

    for sql server 2008, a principal mirror database can have only one partner.

    You may have multiple principal databases on server A and have one mirrored to server B and another...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: Maxdop Setting Question

    JoshDBGuy (12/1/2014)


    I have less than 4 cores so my current setting is 0. However, I see some recommendations to set it to "0 to N". Will this make any difference?

    Check...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: Installing SQL Server on a VM

    TJT (12/1/2014)


    How would you recommend partitioning the space (I am assuming you want 3 drives)?

    You'll need as many drives as your design dictates, typically its BP to separate

    OS =...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: Another VM Sertup Question With SAN

    you need to supply a little more info on the intended setup. Will the VMs be using plain virtual HDDs on the ESX datastore or do you plan to attach...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: How to detect that the SQLServer is shutting down i.e Shut down in Progress

    if the service is shutting down scripts will not be running.

    What you could do is run a SP at each service start, or capture the service state from the Windows...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

  • RE: Quoram in Always on & enabiling memory optimization

    ramana3327 (12/2/2014)


    I am re-framing my question about the sensitive data.

    Currently we are using 3 production servers. In one production server we have one database has sensitive data.

    Suppose we have...

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    "Ya can't make an omelette without breaking just a few eggs" 😉

Viewing 15 posts - 2,656 through 2,670 (of 9,241 total)