Tag Archives: sql server

What’s Your Backup Speed?

Posted on November 4, 2016 by way0utwest

I ran across a thread recently where someone was looking to estimate the time it too to perform a 600GB backup. I’ve seen other threads with similar questions. The general advice is that you need to run a backup and … Continue reading →

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The Forever Technology War

Posted on November 1, 2016 by way0utwest

The Forever War is a classic science fiction novel. I’d highly recommend it if you enjoy that genre, but even if you aren’t a science fiction fan, this is a story that can really make you think. The gist of … Continue reading →

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Where Do You Run Your R Scripts?

Posted on October 20, 2016 by way0utwest

I know most of you don’t work with the R language. In fact, plenty of you might not know anything about R other than a cursory understand of this as some sort of data analysis language. If you want to … Continue reading →

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Who’s Touching My Database

Posted on October 11, 2016 by way0utwest

Abstract: As databases become more critical to the operation of our organizations, we are being asked to audit and report on access to both data and the configuration of our systems. SQL Server has a number of features that can … Continue reading →

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