Monthly Archives: August 2013

Balloons and Data

Posted on August 8, 2013 by way0utwest

We see a lot of questions at SQLServerCentral repeated over the years as workers new to the platform encounter some of the issues that many of us have dealt with repeatedly over the years. One of the more common questions that … Continue reading →

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Disaster Recovery Docs–Offsite

Posted on August 8, 2013 by way0utwest

Years ago I worked at an ISO certified organization, where we took our administration and planning seriously. We ensured everything was backed up, we had backup drills, we each practiced recovering systems, loading tapes, even calling the company that rotated … Continue reading →

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The Standard Limitation

Posted on August 7, 2013 by way0utwest

Is 64GB of RAM enough for a SQL Server instance? It was in the past for most servers that I’ve developed software on or administered. These days I know some people have 2TB of RAM in their big database servers, … Continue reading →

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SQL in the City in the fall of 2013

Posted on August 6, 2013 by way0utwest

This fall I’ll be attending a number of SQL in the City events in the US. Once again we have a tour, though it’s a shorter tour than the 5 events in two weeks I was on last year. One … Continue reading →

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