Excellent, and thanks

We have them here as well, but sometimes finding the older ones is hard

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/sql-server-build-lists

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Traveling back from the UK tomorrow and some catchup this weekend, so likely no Star Wars. Two kids home. Might go see it next week when...

I don't know if there are more or less journalists, but there are certainly less traditional journalist jobs that existed for a few generations. That job evolved, and some people...

Well, I'm out of the top two. Good luck next week, but my RB game was weak, and my opponent's, quite strong.

Thanks, that's what I'm hoping to do. Glad you like it.

If any of you would like to write up a little bit about your testing here, both with striping and other options, it might be good to have a few...

I've rarely done much work with them, so I find these tips and tricks interesting. There is a lot of value in using schemas for various separation items, like auditing,...

Henrik,

That's actually a great suggestions. I wasn't sure what naming to recommend, and hadn't spent much time on it, but I like the idea of mastersys as a way to...

How would you know what values to use in the new system? I don't see anything in the new one that would let you derive the 20 rejected for grapes.

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/managing-transaction-logs

The used space in the log is always what's active. Inactive/truncated space is still there. You always want a pad in your file, as SQL Server manages this.

If you have code using these, it may have issues. Other than that, shouldn't be an issue.

Note: Microsoft recommends this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/2868725/microsoft-security-advisory-update-for-disabling-rc4

Memory and standard edition might be one reason. Likely ignorance is the biggest cause. People don't think about them, or as Grant mentioned, heard about early limitations.

Make sure you have all the stripes. You need them all for a restore.

Does it work? What are the hassles of running it this way?

I'm a big fan of using things that work, not changing them without a good reason.