Tag Archives: sql server

Balloons and Data

Posted on August 8, 2013 by way0utwest

We see a lot of questions at SQLServerCentral repeated over the years as workers new to the platform encounter some of the issues that many of us have dealt with repeatedly over the years. One of the more common questions that … Continue reading →

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The Standard Limitation

Posted on August 7, 2013 by way0utwest

Is 64GB of RAM enough for a SQL Server instance? It was in the past for most servers that I’ve developed software on or administered. These days I know some people have 2TB of RAM in their big database servers, … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Should Work for Us

Posted on June 19, 2013 by way0utwest

I ran across a post the other day from someone that was trying to find out why their maintenance plan failed. This person had received a failure notice from SQL Agent, which is good. We should all be aware of … Continue reading →

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Losing Data

Posted on June 17, 2013 by way0utwest

Most of us that work as data professionals hate the idea of losing data. When the developer calls and says his test database is gone and backups were never set up, we may shrug our shoulders and offer to help … Continue reading →

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