Zombie Data
Old data can come back to haunt you. Steve Jones talks about potential problems when data comes back to life.
Disaster Recovery and the Big Data Application
Ask database administrators how they implement disaster recovery in their big data environments and you'll get two typical responses: DR plans are not necessary and backups take up a lot of space. Despite this reasoning, a disaster recovery plan for your big data implementation may be essential for your company's future.
Big Data Comes to Hiring
Big Data is being used to analyze more and more data to produce better decisions. However that doesn't always work as people might expect. Steve Jones talks about some of the issues with using Big Data in hiring.
Data Mining Introduction Part 8: Microsoft Sequence Cluster
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Sequence Cluster Algorithm.
Data Mining Introduction Part 8: Microsoft Sequence Cluster
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Sequence Cluster Algorithm.
Mongo Jumbo Backups
Backing up MongoDB is akin to backing up SQL Server databases with a Windows tool such as Microsoft DPM. It removes almost all control over the database backup, and more critically, the database restore operation.
New Cartoons at SQLServerCentral
SQLServerCentral has commissioned a new cartoon that will be coming later this week.
Five Tips to Get Your Organisation Releasing Software Frequently
The frequency of releasing software varies widely in the industry. If the test and release process is made as reliable and predictable as possible, then everyone gains. But how do you get started?
Adding to SQL Server
This week Steve Jones wonders what you might want to add to SQL Server. With SQL Server 2016 likely in the early planning stages, where would you want to see the development effort focused.
Database Mirroring Setup
This great tutorial shows how to set up database mirroring across two instances in a virtual environment.
Blogs
Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025
I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL...
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
Forums
Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Doing the Little Things
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Question of the Day
Historical Data Tracking
If I want to track historical data values, which mechanism should I use?
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