Monthly Archives: November 2016

A New Recovery Tool for Your Toolbelt

Posted on November 15, 2016 by way0utwest

Those of us that administer databases and are responsible for ensuring the integrity and availability of data know that being able to restore systems is a core skill. In the SQL Server world, this should mean more than just being able to … Continue reading →

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More dbatools–Get-DbaTcpPort

Posted on November 14, 2016 by way0utwest

After the MVP Summit, I was excited to check out more code and features in all aspects of SQL Server, but since I’d had a quick conversation with Aaron Nelson and Chrissy LeMaire, I decided to tackle another part of … Continue reading →

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THE Database Engine

Posted on November 14, 2016 by way0utwest

Is there a “best” database engine? Is there one database system that you can use for all of your needs? The question is addressed in a long, but captivating, piece at O’Reilly. The author talks about finding an HTAP database, … Continue reading →

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Local Database Issues

Posted on November 12, 2016 by way0utwest

There was a report that Spotify is writing lots of junk data to users’ local drives. Some people have noted GB a day or writes, even when they aren’t using Spotify for listening to music. Some debugging by users show … Continue reading →

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