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The Cloud Database Cost Analysis
There is a skill that I think DBAs and sysadmins will need to develop: cloud cost analysis. I’ve thought this was important for quite a few years, and I’ve been (unsuccessfully) lobbying for cost information to be gathered and analyzed … Continue reading
Another View of DevOps
Chocolatey Solutions Engineer Stephen Valdinger said, “DevOps isn’t something you do, but rather, it’s a way of doing things. What works for us here, may not work for you there, so you adjust.” He then went on to say that … Continue reading
Auto Renew Subscriptions
This week I saw an announcement from Azure that you can set up auto-renew subscriptions for your reservations for your resources. This allows you to set up auto-renew for reservations to prevent them from not renewing and being charged at … Continue reading
An Experimental Mindset
I wrote a post about Git recently since I’ve found far too many people who didn’t know Git well (or at all) and they seemed hesitant to experiment and learn. Is this because of being too busy? Do we have … Continue reading
Voice of the DBA 