Fast Migrations
Virtualization is an important technology for anyone working with servers, and as vendors look to improve the performance of their hypervisors, this technology might be more important for data professionals to understand.
Mind mapping software - How it can help the DBA
Mind mapping software allows the rapid capture of thoughts and ideas. It is a killer app that can easily help a busy DBA capture their thoughts
Getting Started with SQL Server Report Builder 3.0
SQL Server offers a simple tool for business users to perform ad-hoc reporting.
A Refreshing Break
Steve Jones talks about his recent vacation break and one change that made it a huge success.
Administrating SQL Server Reporting Services – Planning, Documenting and Troubleshooting
DBAs are often short on guidance on how to go about such tasks as planning, documenting and troubleshooting those aspects that are specific to the SSRS service. Feodor Georgiev gives some tips, custom SSMS reports, and useful TSQL queries.
DBA in Space - The Answers Revealed
Our space judges are checking over the DBA in Space entries ready to reveal the finalists on December 6th. Meanwhile, we've revealed the answers, so why not take a look?
Do you work with Visual Studio?
Red Gate is doing some research into Visual Studio add-ins for SQL development. If you can spare a moment to complete a short survey, or are interested in being part of the early access program (linked from the end of the survey), please click here.
Learn more about the tools you used during the DBA in Space competition: SQL Monitor and SQL Source Control
Join this webinar on Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 to see how SQL Monitor and SQL Source Control can help you solve problems in your environment.
Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Forums
Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Changes, Happiness, and a Few...
BCP on Linux
Comments posted to this topic are about the item BCP on Linux
You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database
Comments posted to this topic are about the item You Probably Don't Need a...
Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
See possible answers