As somebody who spent a good chunk of his adult life in IT supporting the paper industry, I can say that per capita  paper consumption is down dramatically from previous...

That is an application (or application client) running local on the server with SQL.  The  "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" indicates it is running as a service as Local System.  Looking through the...

I don't think a linked server to SAP HANA is an option.  At least is wasn't for us.  I forget weather it was performance issues or that SAP just wouldn't...

Been a few years since I've done a multi-restore version upgrade, but there was a couple years where it happened often enough that I had a virtual box spun up...

My employer standardizes on Dell for everything.  Aside from the "Dell Tax" the only complaints I've ever had with them are a spat of bad batteries 5-6 years ago which...

We were in on the Beta for the managed instances service as we had several groups quite excited about it.  Having just completed a lift and shift of five datacenters...

My current home / work setup is dual LG 27" monitors attached to a KVM switch connected to my home and work laptops (monitors are running at 1080 so not...

If your cloud is Azure.....

Another thing to look at is weather you are exceeding the maximum I/O throughput threshold for either the VM or the destination disk for your backups. ...

"A common theme is that there is a minimum number of people needed for a support rota.  Below that and you risk burn-outs and resignations."

Definitely.  In the 2007-2009 timeframe our...

Our DBA team supports 24/7 production facilities so we definitely have an on call rotation.  We organize our systems so each has a primary and backup DBA.  When an after...

Because my company operates manufacturing facilities (many 24-6 or 24-7 operations) across time zones, after hours work is part of the job description.  It's a known quantity going in and...

I update SSMS on my laptop only rarely (still running 18.9.1).  On servers it only gets updated when there is a security fix.  Given the level of disruption involved with...

I guess I'm a luddite as I use flash drives or SD cards almost daily.

SD cards for transferring files to the 3D printers (not network enabled devices) or from any...

Long ago when I was a young IT pro and still had that fresh out of school shine, I had dreams of an exciting IT career.  I was quickly instructed...

Most stressful year of my career was 2019 due to the projects involved.  Three datacenter migrations, several distributed applications doing once a decade level upgrades with almost no back out...