Monthly Archives: August 2020

What’s the Bus Factor?

Posted on August 21, 2020 by way0utwest

I was on a webinar recently and someone mentioned the bus factor, which is a phrase I’d heard before, but not in a long time. Essentially this is the number of people, or maybe a certain specific group of people, … Continue reading →

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Admin Challenges Across Scale and Time

Posted on August 20, 2020 by way0utwest

I’ve never been interested in working on large systems. I know some people relish the challenge, and certainly there is a lot to learn, but I’ve always valued my sleep and time with family. I like getting away from work, … Continue reading →

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Daily Coping 20 Aug 2020

Posted on August 20, 2020 by way0utwest

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. Today’s tip is to … Continue reading →

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A Quick SQL Change Automation Build

Posted on August 19, 2020 by way0utwest

I was going through a few of the Redgate products with a customer recently and they wanted to perform some validation of the build and release process with SQL Change Automation without setting up Azure DevOps or Jenkins or any … Continue reading →

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