I've used box.net as well and that's worked well for me. I've even given the login to my brother and been able to "send" him pictures that won't go through...

I'm not sure it is because Mirroring is set to be at the database level, not server. The creation of those files, to me, is technically a server level command....

I don't think it's the same because you need a new process. You can't store the keys or passwords with the backup files, or on the same tape, so you...

I don't have a personal blacklist, but I'm happy to walk away from a post/thread if someone can't respond or maintain a sense of decorum.

and of course I get called...

I think it depends on hardware, and you'll see new drivers coming out all the time now that manufacturers have the RTM.

I had no issues on a 1yr old...

It's a good point, and you don't want to avoid encryption just because of keys, but it's not quite the same as a backup. Often we have daily backups, and...

Interesting approaches. I still think that having a non-RAID, drivespace like protection makes good sense for home, especially as it can be hard to find drives of the same size/speed....

Sounds like an install issue. I'd uninstall the tools and reinstall them.

A service pack includes all previous cumulative updates. At any time after RTM you can upgrade to SP3.

We maintain a build list here as well: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/2960/

The CUs are not tested...

What access do they need? Just viewing table data in grid form?

I might start there and look to grant them access and let them use Excel or Access to query...

If you add a file to the primary, I think this gets pushed across to the mirror as the same command, meaning same paths. If you need that changed, you'd...

Added my vote as well.

I'd be happy with xp_readerrorlog being documented as well.

There were more proxies in 2005, but they existed in 2000.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260700(SQL.80).aspx

If it's not deleting, that leads me to believe there might be a bug here with the account. You can...

I like ALZDBA's suggestion, and hadn't thought of that. It adds an extra step to backing up and restoring the db, but that might be a good way to track...

Do you have more than one filegroup? I've seen this before when someone has a second one and it is not set as the default.