I think there are still jobs out there, and surprisingly I've been contacted by a lot of recruiters lately with jobs in the Denver area.

Keep your resume up to date,...

Please let us know if this changes things. I'd also watch reads and index size before and after if you can and let us know.

Steve

which blog site? Probably not me, as the Redriven doesn't sound familiar. I'll check it out.

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Partitioning is built for this type of issue, but will it help? Can you separate out partitions to separate disks? It might reduce blocking on loads to load a new...

the rules are the same at a small or large level. You design to store and query data efficiently. You might need to add things at a large level like...

Very strange. Can you set this up on a 2nd drive and see if the schedule works?

If you run the schedule now (if you can), does it fail?

Is this one index or 4?

If you remove "no" and "id" what happens?

I would try a new file. You might have some bad blocks in there. The disk should handle it, but using the same file might cause issues. Have you tried...

Are you backing up to disk or tape?

Are you using devices or files?

Do you go to the same set every day? (not recommended)

You should not be looking at the files themselves in terms of managing SQL Server, other than seeing how large they are v how much disk space in free on...

Participate if you can add something. Not everywhere or every time, but become involved, at least where you have some ideas, skills, or strong opinions. Especially at work. I think...

Anders, move to Denver, I'll help you manage those older systems. I enjoyed v6.5!

A reply from Jay Nichols (he's having posting issues):

Create a function like this and your data will be parsed into a table which you can then use to update data...

Hey, it's a big election year, what can I say 🙂

Maybe a few politicians should read this one.:P