Monthly Archives: December 2011

A traveling man

Posted on December 5, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s been a long year for me. This year I’ve attended: SQL Saturday #60 – Cleveland SQL Saturday #66 – Colorado Springs MVP Summit Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v3.0 SQL Saturday #63 – Dallas SQL Saturday #77 – Pensacola SQL … Continue reading →

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Not having TDE in all editions is stupid

Posted on December 5, 2011 by way0utwest

The whole point of encrypting data at rest is to protect the database if physical files or backups are lost. In the Books Online (BOL) page for Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), it notes that “…, in a scenario where the physical … Continue reading →

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No Overtime

Posted on December 3, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s been a long time since I received overtime at any job. Most of my IT work has been with a salary, and the expectation that I would work as needed to accomplish my assignments. Early in my career I … Continue reading →

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Autogrow guidelines

Posted on December 2, 2011 by way0utwest

I always enable autogrow on my databases. However, it’s there for emergencies, not as a space management tool. I monitor disk space, and I grow my files manually as space runs low. I want to control the growth, but in … Continue reading →

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