Tag Archives: Database Weekly

Visual Studio Subscriptions

Posted on November 23, 2015 by way0utwest

Many of us that work with SQL Server do so exclusively through SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). I find so many people really do the majority of their jobs with SSMS, Outlook, and a web browser. Even back in 2003 … Continue reading →

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NoSQL Inside SQL Server

Posted on September 4, 2015 by way0utwest

There has been quite a debate the last few years between using NoSQL and SQL Server as data stores for different applications. We’ve seen a great deal of interest from developers in document stores as the data structures are closer … Continue reading →

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Gauges and Alarms

Posted on August 8, 2015 by way0utwest

I was looking through the news this week and found a piece by Michael J. Swart that I really enjoyed. It talks about different types of metrics that he has used when monitoring and alerting on his database servers. Michaal talks about … Continue reading →

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The Challenges of Space

Posted on June 13, 2015 by way0utwest

It wasn’t that long ago in my career when a survey showed the vast majority of SQL Server databases were < 10GB in size. These days I’m sure the average has risen as there are some very, very large SQL … Continue reading →

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