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Don't ever build a process to shrink data or log files. Manage them appropriately. The space you need today may be too small for tomorrow, so don't have a process...

To be clear, I don't mind the reporting posts, even if the reports are false positives. The issue is with Mr. Celko's behavior.

You can also talk to friends, and ask them to ask their friends. Or look on LinkedIn and cold message some people that fit your needs. Recruiters do that, no...

Vikrant S Patil (7/25/2012)

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The significant thing to consider is that Third party tools may use mutithreading ( they generally do) and add to the CPU overhead. Also Third party backup...

Could be permissions. If the job didn't fail, perhaps it's not dependent on local resources.

You'd have to show more details. It's certainly possible this is the case. Also possible the...

You want your data and tempdb data to be on fast drives, so I'd go R10 there, as Lynn mentioned.

How busy is the system for writes? R5 has a...

Ross McMicken (7/25/2012)

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If you dont' have a Kindle or Nook, or the tablet/phone apps, get one. The books are cheaper and don't take up space on the shelf. And if...

mtucker-732014 (7/23/2012)

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My recent experience was a rating in which my manager told me (and was obviously embarrassed to do so) that the reason he wasnt giving me a 5 out...

Since Mr. Moden posted his note, I added this issue to our weekly meeting this week. We have warned Mr Celko a few times in the last few months. Quite...

Brandie Tarvin (7/25/2012)

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And most people get "fair use" wrong, too. Fair Use doctrine refers to an educational institution's ability to cite and copy other people's work. It has nothing to...

calvo (7/25/2012)

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Wow. If Lester hit that many Yankees in a game, there'd be a brawl or finger pointing or ejections or some type of drama. Too bad for A-Rod. For...

Scott D. Jacobson (7/25/2012)

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Amen Steve. Well put. I need some inspiration morning. When I get home tonight, I'm going to spend at least an hour sending out...

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If you've never run a log backup on model, then you will have active log transactions you cannot shrink. truncate only is for data files and it only removes free...