Tag Archives: administration

Think Marathon, not Sprint

Posted on February 2, 2022 by way0utwest

I saw an article about automating responses to security issues being a marathon not a sprint. The articles gives a few examples of different levels of automation response to situations, noting that each of this is a different level of … Continue reading →

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Knowing When to Respond

Posted on January 24, 2022 by way0utwest

I ran into this quote on the Microsoft Learn site, which I thought was a great way to think about how to administer a system: “Without a baseline, every issue encountered could be considered normal and therefore not require any … Continue reading →

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Reusing Tools for New Purposes

Posted on January 23, 2022 by way0utwest

One of the things you learn early on in programming is that you ought to reuse code whenever possible. This often means refactoring code into functions or methods. This ensures that the code is more easily maintained and that the … Continue reading →

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The Need for 256GB

Posted on January 21, 2022 by way0utwest

I have seen a few people call for raising the RAM limit in the Standard Edition of SQL Server. In 2016, Aaron Bertrand voiced this, and for 2019, Glenn Berry asked that the limit be raised to 256GB. In the … Continue reading →

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