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Scaling Up Monitoring

Posted on May 31, 2023 by way0utwest

Monitoring databases is important when it’s the systems that are in production. Operations departments know that catching issues early, being proactive, and having data to troubleshoot issues make their job easier. Not having these things makes their job much more … Continue reading →

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Migrating from EverNote to Joplin

Posted on May 30, 2023 by way0utwest

Recently I got a message that my Evernote subscription was going up. It’s been a $3 a month service, but moving to $4 for me. From USD$35 to USD$50 a year. Not a big change, but a little annoying to … Continue reading →

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Validating Password Expiration

Posted on May 27, 2023 by way0utwest

I would guess that the majority of instances I’ve had to manage in my career were those that I didn’t initially install and configure. I’ve inherited more instances than I would bother to count, and I often need to double-check … Continue reading →

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Using Data Masker on Chinese Surnames

Posted on May 26, 2023 by way0utwest

A customer had a question recently on masking Chinese characters. I thought that was interesting, so decided to test this out. This is a short post on using SQL Data Masker to accomplish this task, but I’ll a longer one … Continue reading →

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