You should also look at the type(s) of applications that they are. By this I mean OLTP, ETL, DSS, Reporting, web based, pure batch or a mixture. The different application attributes...

I restore user databases between Standard and Enterprise version al the time. If both servers are running the same version you can move database back and forth without issue . However if...

The way to bypas the potential licensing issue is to get a copy of the developers edition. The reason I say potential, just installting the client tools is OK, but...

Today's newsletter did not arrive to me. However I have already looked on the website and gone through it. Many more posts and looking better.

You might also want to check the Syste Event log to see if there are any errors hardware related. Another avenue to investigate would be your SAN (I assume SAN...

You may want to look into MOM 2K5 ...

Listing all of the posts of the last 24 hours in the newsletter (as it was) is the way to go. There are other sites out there, http://www.sql-server-performance.com/,  is...

First off I would talk to whomever is on charge of your backups and Veritas. Veritas should not leave dangling connections (if they really are). In order to determine if...

Thanks you and thank you to the community !

I do not remember the previous version of the newsletter being limited. This is definitely a change for the worse. I just hope the naysayers annd nabobs do not catch...

Agreed. The majority of my servers are 2000 just a couple 2005.

I wish I could Steve. Unfortunately heavy industry had strict policies, then and now, on cameras anywhere on plant facilities. These were steel mills, oil refineries, iron foundaries and machine shops. It...

.. ahhh ... memories of my blue collar career 24 years ago ... the smell of air arc, oxy-acetylene torchs, welding rods, white lead oil smoldering on the cutting tools...

Born and raised in NW Indiana. I presently live 23 miles from where I was born. The fartheset I have ever travelled to work if 58 miles one way (a Northern Chicago...