Category: sqlserverpedia-syndication

The New MidnightDBA.com is live!

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date April 2, 2013
Categories In All Things MidnightDBA, News-ish, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC
1 Comment on The New MidnightDBA.com is live!

GUYS! GUYS! GUYS!!! We’ve finally completed the MidnightDBA.com facelift that many of you have been begging (nagging, pining, etc.) for, for the last few years quite some time now. The site is in early version, “just get it working right” mode. But you will notice: You can view MidnightDBA.com successfully in more than one version of […]

T-SQL Tuesday #40 Roundup: Files and Filegroups

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date March 18, 2013
Categories In Admin, Powershell, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
2 Comments on T-SQL Tuesday #40 Roundup: Files and Filegroups

Good day all, and happy T-SQL Tuesday #40! Yes, this event has officially hit middle age now. I fully expect it’ll go get itself a fast car in the upcoming months. We had a great turnout for this month. “Files and Filegroups” is an open enough topic that I got exactly what I wanted: A nice variety […]

Twitter Talk Theatre, Episode 1: “RAID is good enough!”

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date March 7, 2013
Categories In Admin, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
3 Comments on Twitter Talk Theatre, Episode 1: “RAID is good enough!”

This week, some of my Twitter followers were kind enough to chime in on a topic near and dear to my heart: the proper caretaking of SQL Server. Here is some of what we said. Me: Common scenario: A company has databases, but no “assigned” DBA. So, broken backups, no maintenance, no disaster recovery. Guys? I […]