Anything in particular? Something that the Database Design stairway did not cover well for you? I know they're different topics, but I'm looking for input on what direction you might...

Go for it. Submit them through the "Write For Us" link on the left when you can.

I'm thinking working BIDS, but getting the packages back to the file system (easy) or deploying out to a new SQL Server for running as an Agent Job.

I saw a...

I like numbers, perhaps not fascinated. days like 10/10/10 make me smile, but I don't necessarily look forward to them.

I do enjoy helping my kid to algebra, breaking down polynomials,...

Here's a short article on calendar tables, if you need one: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/70482/

A few links for you:

2005, WinterCorp: 19TB warehouse - http://www.wintercorp.com/VLDB/2005_TopTen_Survey/2005TopTenWinners.pdf

Paul Randal's survey, 3 people over 100TB: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Bigger-is-better.aspx

1.1PB SQL Server: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Applauds-1-1-Petabytes-SQL-Server-2008-Database-97388.shtml

check with the network company and ask them. Depending on your bandwidth, you may not be getting a good connection from the hosting company.

Here, I get around 800mpbs, and I'd...

One thing you should always consider with DBCC CHECKDB is running it on another server with a restored database.

No worries, I'll close this one.

Mark W Johnson (3/9/2011)

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I don't see my job as writing code so much as solving the user's problem through code; my job is to help them find a solution. ...

Do you mean any row with a repeating letter? What about "letter" itself? It's a valid repetition.

I might look at the plans in cache, and the transactions by database (Databases object) and compare those a bit.

Ultimately if you want to move the high resource items, you...

We see two quad core processors in the VM. (8 virtual CPUs)

Not sure it's a "gold" mine, but I need to get me one of...

Have you looked at ROLLUP or CUBE as options with the aggregate?