Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Virtual Lab

Posted on January 17, 2012 by way0utwest

Over a decade ago, when the startup company that I worked for went bankrupt, I received a few servers and some other hardware as a partial severance. At the time it seemed like a good idea, and it was nice … Continue reading →

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Capacity Planning – Monitor and Extrapolate

Posted on January 16, 2012 by way0utwest

I wrote a post recently on capacity planning, and then thought of one more thing. In addition to planning for the future for new systems, you also need to regularly monitor your existing ones. Planning for the future, IMHO, isn’t … Continue reading →

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Ethics and Power

Posted on January 13, 2012 by way0utwest

Power corrupts. A famous quote, and it’s one of the the most true quotes I’ve seen in my life. When someone has power, they develop a sense of importance, their decisions seem to be more “correct” and their arrogance grows. … Continue reading →

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WWBOD

Posted on January 13, 2012 by way0utwest

I’ve titled this for Brent Ozar (web |@brento), What Would Brent Ozar Do, since he was the one that turned me on to this post about calculating your FU money. A polite way of describing FU money would be the money that … Continue reading →

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