Tag Archives: administration

Losing Data

Posted on June 17, 2013 by way0utwest

Most of us that work as data professionals hate the idea of losing data. When the developer calls and says his test database is gone and backups were never set up, we may shrug our shoulders and offer to help … Continue reading →

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Quickly Copy Data

Posted on June 6, 2013 by way0utwest

There’s no magic solution for many of the problems we face in SQL Server. Whether we are trying to maintain concurrency under high write loads, restore databases quicker, or ensure extremely high availability we need to make trade-offs. Sometimes those … Continue reading →

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Fear Fear

Posted on June 5, 2013 by way0utwest

I’m a conservative DBA. I get nervous when backups aren’t running, code isn’t in source control, and developers have access to production systems. I’ve had too many late night pages and weekend phone calls, not to mention many extra hours … Continue reading →

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The Speed of Azure

Posted on May 30, 2013 by way0utwest

As database administrators we seem to be slow to embrace new technologies and paradigms. There was a lack of enthhusiasm from DBAs for SANs years ago, and virtual machines more recently, at a time when many other technology professioanls were … Continue reading →

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