Tag Archives: administration

The Human Cost of Managing Data

Posted on September 24, 2013 by way0utwest

If you’ve ever worked in a large environment, where the numbers of nodes number in the thousands, or tens of thousands, then you know many software packages don’t scale to that size very well. I’ve seen quite a few pieces … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Detach

Posted on September 18, 2013 by way0utwest

I ran across a twitter conversation about a post recently. The post talks about detaching or attaching databases in bulk. I agree that detaching databases in some cases is bad, but it’s not necessarily something I’d avoid. Detach is a … Continue reading →

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Job Worries over Automation

Posted on September 18, 2013 by way0utwest

There was a report recently where the NSA noted that they are reducing the number of system administrators by 90%. If the report is true, that would certainly worry many of the people in the technology industry. However I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Versions of Disaster

Posted on September 12, 2013 by way0utwest

Today’s editorial was originally released on Jan 13, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. I wrote about versioning of old software recently and how I had to restore an old version of SQL Server in response to a … Continue reading →

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