The balancing of memory among the instances depends on how much they're being used. As a guideline, you could divide memory equally and see how the instances perform and...

Were striped backups supported in v7?

I've never used devices for this. I'd use disk files only, not devices.

Why spend money? Pop a VM, install, restore, script, delete. No licensing issue. MS won't bang you for getting to the next version.

For DTS packages, you can try to upgrade,...

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

We can argue about whether an indexed view should be a type of index or not, but right now MS is choosing to call it that. Which means when you...

I'd dig through the error log looking for older entries.

I don't think you can restore 2000 msdb to 2005, structures are different, Agent different, etc.

What I might suggest is take...

This isn't clustered, is it? Saw a few notes about 64-bit cluster install issues.

I agree that the Iron Man and Island computers could come true soon. Cost might be an issue, but I'd like to see a 42" TV-sized desktop that functioned like...

The code has been edited to be one long file.

Too old to fine the trees.....?

Too much snow in your eyes this morning? 🙂

Me too! Though we'll miss the Pinewood Derby :(, due to a skiing vacation. However we've got 15 pins, perhaps 1 or 2 more, and ready to move on to...

They are probably very close now. I'd still recommend C# because I think it's a little more difficult and if you know that, likely you will pick up VB quicker....

I'll stick to beer in my beer, no wheat, fruit, chocolate, etc. In fact, I had a very nice Corona with my brother-in-law to be last night.

It's too late for...

I have to say that at 40, nearly 20 years in this business, there aren't a lot of "new" things. There are new languages, new syntaxes, and evolutions of how...

Ha, the only days I get off are when I can bribe, err, convince Phil to help out.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, I'll be here and we'll see you on...