Shrinking is a popular topic...

This is part 2 in a series on Shrinking “Best Practices” and logging. Click here for part 3. You can see them all in the Shrinking & Transactions category.
A while back I posted about not touching the shrink button. I am still finding it fun to see what search queries bring traffic to my blog [...]

January 31st, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: DBA, SQL Server, Shrinking & Transactions, Syndicate | 4 comments

DBA Questions To Ask A Vendor

A while back a conversation on Jonathan Kehayias’ former blog (he has moved) gave me an idea for this post.
Once you have been a DBA for any length of time, you will encounter the situation of a new vendor coming in with software that has a database back end. Wherever I am working or [...]

January 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Best Practices, DBA, SQL Server, Syndicate | 12 comments

Wordle - Tagged

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January 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Empirical Evidence

Or how I learned to stop asking so much and start trying…
Empirical, as defined by Webster: 1.) originating in or based on observation or experience 2.) relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory 3.)capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment.
I think empirical thought and evidence [...]

January 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: General, Pet Peeve, Syndicate | 4 comments

Do you focus too much on your backups???

Have you lost your mind?!
What could I possibly mean by that title? I’m a DBA… One of the basic tenets of a DBA is “backup, backup, backup”, right? Well sort of…
Far too often I hear people asking questions like “will this setup allow our backups to be fast?”, “how is your backup process working?” or [...]

January 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: DBA, Pet Peeve, Recovery, Syndicate | 5 comments
 
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