May 26, 2011 at 2:31 pm
SQLRNNR (5/26/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (5/26/2011)
Non-sequitur.Should I upgrade my LiveJournal account to a paid account? (EDIT) So I can customize my page more and embed it in my current website.
Or should I bite the bullet and pay for web hosting services for my site (instead of piggybacking off of my ISP's space, which I get for free) and stick a Bloxsom or WordPress blog on my website?
I am happy with the hosted wordpress that I have. I think it is nice to be able to customize the blog. I would lean to the paid hosting for a blog.
I host my own WordPress. I am paying MediaTemple.com for the hosting so I can host lots of sites for the same price. This way, I have my company site(s), blog and local UG sites, and a few for some friends for the same price. I mainly hosted myself so....
a) I can use plugin's - like the one to backup my mysql database and email it to me each night. (off site storage?)
b) I can use my own theme - I found WooTheme's have awesome themes that don't just look pretty, they have nice functional features as well.
c) I can host local UG site/blog without worrying about separate funds/sponsorship to bankroll.
And I went with WordPress rather than Blogger or the others because tons of people use and love it, tons of plugins, SEO friendly, personal preference. Use MySQL as a backend is a love hate situation. I love that it is free because hosted SQL Server is fairly expensive if the database is over 1k! I hate it for obvious reasons - it ain't SQL Server!
Jim Murphy
http://www.sqlwatchmen.com
@SQLMurph
May 26, 2011 at 2:37 pm
GilaMonster (5/26/2011)
One very uncomfortable PM sent...From the posts the person has made, they are totally out of their depth. 6TB DBs, major perf problems and barely a clue.
With a 6TB database I would be terrified to even apply for the job.
May 26, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Jan Van der Eecken (5/26/2011)
GilaMonster (5/26/2011)
One very uncomfortable PM sent...From the posts the person has made, they are totally out of their depth. 6TB DBs, major perf problems and barely a clue.
With a 6TB database I would be terrified to even apply for the job.
Heh, I'm wierd. I've never worked on anything over 2 Teras and my first reaction to that is "GIMME! I wanna go PLAAAAAAAAY!"
Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.
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May 26, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Roy Ernest (5/26/2011)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (5/26/2011)
GilaMonster (5/26/2011)
Roy Ernest (5/26/2011)
I have an idea for one of persons who want to go to SQL Pass summit for free (Except air travel). Make list here who wants to go and we nominate each one of them to the contest of "Exceptional DBA of the Year". Redgate will sponsor their stay, pay for the summit and also give some pocket money.Or anyone who wants to go nominates themselves for the award. It's open to self-nomination and when I judged a couple years back most nominations were self-nominations.
Tempting, but there are too many other DBAs who are much more talented than I am that deserve the award far more than me.
We have people on the inside... 😀 Steve is a Judge, Grant works for Redgate. What more do you need? 😉 Buy them drinks when you get to the summit.. 😀
That's what I thought too. But the judges may not notice it... 😀
EDIT : Quote fix
Of course they won't notice it. No intelligent judge ever notices who bought them drinks. 😀
Tom
May 26, 2011 at 2:45 pm
@Craig. On Prod? You are really weird :w00t:
May 26, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Anyone tell me if I was a bit too heavy handed here? He didn't get me riled, I'm just not sure it reads well. It looks fine to me...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1105191-2864-1.aspx#bm1115834
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May 26, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2011)
jcrawf02 (5/26/2011)
Gianluca Sartori (5/26/2011)
jcrawf02 (5/26/2011)
Wow, you thought that there were too many other DBAs that were better suited than Brandie? That's not very nice...😛
Funny, but you know this is not what I meant. At all.
Of course not, but English gives you so many opportunities to misinterpret things, which I find endlessly amusing.
Especially when written by Italian people... 😉
Even more when written by Americans.
Tom
May 26, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Craig Farrell (5/26/2011)
Anyone tell me if I was a bit too heavy handed here? He didn't get me riled, I'm just not sure it reads well. It looks fine to me...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1105191-2864-1.aspx#bm1115834
I think your response was quite balanced. I would not have taken offense at anything you stated. Sound reasoning.
Jim Murphy
http://www.sqlwatchmen.com
@SQLMurph
May 26, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Jan Van der Eecken (5/26/2011)
GilaMonster (5/26/2011)
One very uncomfortable PM sent...From the posts the person has made, they are totally out of their depth. 6TB DBs, major perf problems and barely a clue.
With a 6TB database I would be terrified to even apply for the job.
I probably wouldn't apply, but then again, why not? From what I've been told, basic troubleshooting, performance tuning rules apply even on VLDB's. You just have to worry a little bit more about some advanced things like disk configuration, partitioning, physical file layouts. I've always been in small enough situations that RAID 5 has been fine and single file groups have been sufficient. I already know that whatever my next job is I'll have to be aware of those things anyway.
Jack Corbett
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May 26, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Jan Van der Eecken (5/26/2011)
GilaMonster (5/26/2011)
One very uncomfortable PM sent...From the posts the person has made, they are totally out of their depth. 6TB DBs, major perf problems and barely a clue.
With a 6TB database I would be terrified to even apply for the job.
My first thought was "I wonder what their maintenance looks like.."
CEWII
May 26, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Elliott Whitlow (5/26/2011)
Jan Van der Eecken (5/26/2011)
GilaMonster (5/26/2011)
One very uncomfortable PM sent...From the posts the person has made, they are totally out of their depth. 6TB DBs, major perf problems and barely a clue.
With a 6TB database I would be terrified to even apply for the job.
My first thought was "I wonder what their maintenance looks like.."
CEWII
Mine was drool
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May 26, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Craig Farrell (5/26/2011)
Anyone tell me if I was a bit too heavy handed here? He didn't get me riled, I'm just not sure it reads well. It looks fine to me...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1105191-2864-1.aspx#bm1115834
Thanks Jim. I know I can come off harsher then I intend to, so it's nice to have a double check.
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May 26, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Brandie Tarvin (5/26/2011)
Non-sequitur.Should I upgrade my LiveJournal account to a paid account? (EDIT) So I can customize my page more and embed it in my current website.
Or should I bite the bullet and pay for web hosting services for my site (instead of piggybacking off of my ISP's space, which I get for free) and stick a Bloxsom or WordPress blog on my website?
I'd suggest paying for hosting services and going with WordPress on your site. I'm on blogger now, but I just bought a domain name and once I get settled this summer I'm planning on setting up my own WordPress site. I'm hoping to get back into steady blogging and not just about SQL Server so I'll probably have different areas on my WordPress site to address the different areas I'll blog about. I could do multiple blogs on blogger, but I like the idea of having a single place for people to go using my domain name.
Jack Corbett
Consultant - Straight Path Solutions
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May 26, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Craig Farrell (5/26/2011)
Anyone tell me if I was a bit too heavy handed here? He didn't get me riled, I'm just not sure it reads well. It looks fine to me...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1105191-2864-1.aspx#bm1115834
You weren't at all heavy-handed. For some reason your article happened to hit a guy who is really bitter about not having the success he envisioned and, quite possibly, not as skilled as he thinks he is so he's gotten passed over for jobs he thinks he should have.
I got started in IT right before Y2K and I remember that there were plenty of jobs out there then, and then the dot com bubble burst. I spent 9 months out of work because of that, but it was reality, the employers had their choice of people I wasn't as experienced or as good as many other candidates at that time. Shoot, that time really weeded out a lot of the really bad IT people, so it was a good thing for the profession. Now I see it tilting back the other way, at least on the east coast of the U.S. (Florida AND New England).
Jack Corbett
Consultant - Straight Path Solutions
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May 26, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Elliott Whitlow (5/26/2011)
Jan Van der Eecken (5/26/2011)
GilaMonster (5/26/2011)
One very uncomfortable PM sent...From the posts the person has made, they are totally out of their depth. 6TB DBs, major perf problems and barely a clue.
With a 6TB database I would be terrified to even apply for the job.
My first thought was "I wonder what their maintenance looks like.."
CEWII
Yeah, Elliot, I'm a developer, ending up as one of those Accidental DBA's, so that's why I would be very reluctant to take up a job where I might end up in that position.
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