Tag Archives: administration

Zombie Data

Posted on February 4, 2014 by way0utwest

Most of us that work with data are concerned about losing any of the bits or bytes we are responsible for. Many of us practice restores when we can, we complain about the low disaster recovery budgets we’re allowed, and … Continue reading →

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The DBA is Dead

Posted on January 29, 2014 by way0utwest

I love seeing articles like this one: The Database Administrator is Dead. They make me laugh and look back at previous incarnations of the same thought. I think I should save the text of this article, stick it in an appointment … Continue reading →

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Servicing SQL Server in the Future

Posted on January 28, 2014 by way0utwest

Service Packs have become the way that many of us patch the various Microsoft products we use. Many administrators find patching to be time consuming and difficult to justify, even for security patches, and as a result, often wait for … Continue reading →

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Management at Scale

Posted on January 27, 2014 by way0utwest

Would you like to manage 20,000 databases by yourself? What about 20,000 instances? It’s not quite the same thing, but Facebook recently announced that each of their data center operations staff manages 20,000 servers. That’s an impressive number, and it comes about … Continue reading →

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