Monthly Archives: February 2011

Rolling to SQL Saturday #60

Posted on February 4, 2011 by way0utwest

I’m still stunned as I see numbers above 50 in the hash tags for SQL Saturdays. Yet here we are, #60 in Cleveland this weekend and I’m on the road this morning. Or in the air, catching a flight to … Continue reading →

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SQL Saturday Advice–Upload Decks Early

Posted on February 3, 2011 by way0utwest

One of the neat features for the SQL Saturday site is that it allows the speakers to upload a deck that is attached to their session. If you go to the schedule after the event, and pick a session you … Continue reading →

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Cloud Hacking

Posted on February 3, 2011 by way0utwest

Not everyone is down on the cloud. Apparently someone found a great use for pay-as-you-go computing in the cloud by using it to hack wireless networks. What’s next, someone using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to find security holes in police patrols … Continue reading →

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A Full Backup can Impact a Log Backup–MCM Prep

Posted on February 2, 2011 by way0utwest

In the early days of SQL Server you could not run a log backup while a full backup was running. In fact,you tried to schedule them apart from each other early in my career to prevent collisions. Nothing bad happens, … Continue reading →

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