Category: Admin

To AutoGrow or not?

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date August 10, 2015
Categories In Admin, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
1 Comment on To AutoGrow or not?

Note: This is a repost of an older blog by Sean that’s still applicable. We’ve updated it with a note or two on how Minion Backup – our free backup solution – and Minion Enterprise – our management solution – can help. I just got this question in the user group and thought I’d write a blog instead […]

Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date February 7, 2015
Categories In Admin, Powershell, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning, Tips
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We were having a good time on DBAs@Midnight, when Sean got a weird pop up message that said all his files were encrypted, and he has to pay a large amount of money via Bitcoin to get the encryption key. The show quickly ground to a halt as he, then he and Freddie, then all […]

Video: A Better Way to Reindex

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date January 23, 2015
Categories In Admin, Intermediate, Minion by MidnightDBA, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
1 Comment on Video: A Better Way to Reindex

Sean presented A BETTER WAY TO REINDEX for the Performance Virtual Chapter. Here are links to the video, and to download the free Minion Reindex tool.