Tag Archives: sql server

A New Recovery Tool for Your Toolbelt

Posted on November 15, 2016 by way0utwest

Those of us that administer databases and are responsible for ensuring the integrity and availability of data know that being able to restore systems is a core skill. In the SQL Server world, this should mean more than just being able to … Continue reading →

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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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