So this past weekend I got myself an xbox 360 so that I could hook into my Netflix to watch movies instantly. At the same time I decided to ditch my TiVo as well as my old DVD player. So, a consolidation of sorts in terms of hardware, remotes, and monthly budget. While poking around … Read more
Well, I managed to get through the first day of the PASS Board meeting. I found myself wishing that Tim Ford was there, just so I would not be the dumbest guy in the room. Then I realized that even with him there it would still be me so I didn’t know what else to … Read more
I was fortunate to take part in a two day lab at the Microsoft Tech Center in Waltham last week. The lab was set up to assist people in migration of their SQL 2000 or SQL 2005 database to SQL2008. If you are running a version of MS SQL earlier than SQL 2000 you would … Read more
A while back I took part in a conference call regarding something or other, the topic of the call is not important for this blog post. About five or ten minutes into the call one of the participants, who had been somewhat quiet to that point, chimed in with the following statement: “I would like … Read more
Just thought I would share some info from Operations Manager that shows the amount of uptime on our servers here since 1/1/2008. Why? Well, since I am the official DBA of Uptime, a distinction that many have questioned, it felt right to provide some numbers. I am sure many others will be able to provide … Read more
If you had ten gallons of water and a five gallon bucket, would you try to pour all ten gallons into that five gallon bucket? No? Why not? Probably because you can clearly see that the volume mismatch will cause a problem of sorts. Unless, of course, you really just want five gallons and you … Read more
