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Hey Software Vendors – Get a Clue!

by Mike Walsh on 02. Jul, 2010 in Best Practices, InstallTips, Pet Peeve, Syndicate, Troubleshooting

Psst. Hey Vendor – DBAs are secretly plotting against you! We hate what your products do to our environments. Sometimes we even work to get you replaced by someone else who makes a product in the same space but is “DBA-Approved”….

What’s that? You want the DBA stamp of approval?
I write this blog to help folks [...]

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Why Hire A DBA?

by Mike Walsh on 24. May, 2010 in Best Practices, DBA, Syndicate, Troubleshooting

Why on earth would anyone hire a Database Administrator? Your Windows Admin can install SQL Server with just a few clicks – It only takes a few more clicks to put a database there and grant permissions. Most of your vendors have simple setup scripts including database deploys… Why spend all that money on a [...]

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Got SQL Server Questions?

by Mike Walsh on 18. Dec, 2009 in #sqlhelp, Community, SQL Server, Syndicate, Troubleshooting

A Great Idea – #SQLHelp hashtag on Twitter
I was following a conversation today between Brent Ozar, who is @BrentO on twitter and Aaron Nelson, who is @SQLVariant on twitter.
A great idea was discussed: A twitter hashtag that, as Jorge Segarra (or @SQLChicken on twitter) describes it in his blog post, can act like a bat [...]

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What’s Your Point?

by Mike Walsh on 02. Dec, 2009 in Life Lessons, Professional Development, Syndicate, Troubleshooting

As a DBA you are getting pinched between developers, project managers, budget conscious managers and server teams. When a critical issue with no one easy answer for those people pops up, what do you do? You can panic or try and point the blame someplace else or you can rise to the situation and help [...]

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