The Cloud Database Cost Analysis
Managing costs in the cloud is something many companies are concerned about. Today Steve thinks that technical people will bear more responsibility for this in the future.
2024-03-27
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Cloud Computing
Auto Renew Subscriptions
Reserved resources in Azure can auto renew now, but Steve isn't sure if that makes our jobs easier.
2024-03-23
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Re-Evaluating the Cloud
An update from 37 Signals/Basecamp shows their expatriation from the cloud has been a success. Worth reading before you make too many moves to the cloud.
2024-01-10
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Interesting Aurora MySQL Feature: The Buffer Pool Survives Restarts
Lemme start this off by saying this is probably irrelevant to you. (It’s irrelevant to me, too.)
2024-01-05
Sending resource alerts on Managed Instance using db_mail
One of the biggest issue that you might experience in Managed Instance is reaching storage limit or finding out that you don't have enough CPU. In this case you would need to get the bigger instance; however, this is not instant operation. In this post, you will see how you can monitor resource usage and send email alerts if there is a risk that you might reach the limits.
2023-12-20
Try, Try Again, Until It's Right
A cloud migration for DoorDash interested Steve, primarily because it didn't work, but they were able to back out and try again.
2023-12-15
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PowerShell Commands to Administer Virtual Machines on Amazon AWS - Part 2
Learn about various PowerShell commands that can be used to administer virtual machines on Amazon AWS.
2023-12-04
2023-11-20
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How to get your security team on board with your cloud migration
In this second part of the Q&A with Dustin Dorsey, we asked him about how to get buy-in from security teams who are cautious by nature, how to encourage the wider IT team to accept their recommendations, and what additional challenges highly regulated sectors like healthcare and finance face.
2023-11-17
It’s Probably Time to Upgrade Your Cloud VMs
If you’ve been in Azure or Amazon for a few years, you’re probably on old, slow hardware.
2023-11-13
Blogs
Focus on Core Skills
By Brian Kelley
Core skills depends on the position, but the point is that ensuring you have...
A New Word: Zverism
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SQL Server Source Control on a $0 Budget
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Local Storage Options
I'm setting up a SQL Server 2019 instance and we are planning on using SMB storage for our database files. However, the file share isn't ready, so the idea is to use the \127.0.0.1dbfile as the location to start and then move these files to the remote server. Can I do this?
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