Tag Archives: disaster recovery

Disaster After Disaster

Posted on December 12, 2012 by way0utwest

There was a large hurricane in the US a short while back. It was a devastating storm for many people, and my heart goes out to those that suffered or are still suffering. There are lots of lessons to be … Continue reading →

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Grace Under Pressure

Posted on December 10, 2012 by way0utwest

I once worked at a large, 10,000+ person company. We had a large data center with hundreds of machines, where we one day we lost power. Not power from the electric utility and had our UPSes and generator kick in. We … Continue reading →

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SQL in the City Slides

Posted on November 5, 2012 by way0utwest

I’m making the slides available from my SQL in the City 2012 talks. You can download them here Prepare for Disaster Database Maintenance Essentials The Encryption Primer If you attended, you’ll get an email with links to videos to watch … Continue reading →

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Data Worms

Posted on September 20, 2012 by way0utwest

Effective data administration include backups. I would argue this is the most important part of managing your data since no matter what happens, backups give you the ability to recover your system. Whether it’s an accidental data modification by a … Continue reading →

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