Tag Archives: administration

The Cloud in Large IT Shops

Posted on February 5, 2013 by way0utwest

I’ve seen many presentations and talks from companies that are using cloud services to replace traditional IT infrastructures and lower their costs. Often these presentations are from smaller companies that don’t want to hire an IT administrator, or buy server … Continue reading →

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Baselines

Posted on February 1, 2013 by way0utwest

You come into work one day and as you sit down, your phone rings. It’s one of the business groups complaining that the database is running slow. You check the server and find CPU at 80%, 800 pages/sec, disk IOps … Continue reading →

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If You Need To Fix Database Filename Extensions

Posted on January 24, 2013 by way0utwest

In a recent post I showed how the file extension for a database doesn’t matter. It can be confusing, however, and you might wish to “fix” the filenames to conform to the proper extension. How can you do this? Well, … Continue reading →

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Does the SQL Server Database Filename Matter?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by way0utwest

Do you know the basics of how to create a database? Hopefully you do and can do so without the GUI. However do you know the extensions are for database files? As of SQL Server 2012, these are the extensions: … Continue reading →

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