With the idea that we will be consolidating our servers, squeezing them together in an effort to make more efficient use of resources, it suddenly dawned on me: How much?
Do we want our CPU, for example, at 100% all the time? Logically it would make sense that you would use every last resource in some [...]
Question of the Week
User Resynch
Quick question for everyone this week: how do you resynch your users after a database restore?
For same server restores you do not have this issue, but when restoring from prod to test, for example, you will find that the sid’s do not match and thus you either need to resynch the users or to drop/add.
Our [...]
The Story Before the Story
Hollywood has fallen in love with movie prequels. The first one I really remember would have been The Godfather II, which was an amazing film to follow on the heels of the original. And while not quite a prequel, I think it helped to foster the idea that movie stories can move backward in time [...]
Careful What You Go Looking for
…you just may find it.
The Check Is In The Mail
I saw this and I just knew I needed to share it with others. My first thought was that The Bloggess must have had a birthday. My second thought was “crap, i forgot to send her a card”. Then I remembered that Jenny never gave me her address so I have no idea how to [...]
Statistics Versus Common Sense
The question I pose to you this week is quite simple: who do you trust the most when you are given statistics to back up an argument?
Consider the fine example to the left. While technically true, it really is useless, right? You have no other information or details to review. You are simply told that [...]