January 19, 2015 at 5:30 am
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Did you see this one "Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals"
😎
January 19, 2015 at 5:31 am
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
I used to have one using mostly desktop-class machines. It was strictly my play area, so there wasn't a need to spend money on good servers. I had machines for SQL Server, Oracle Database, IIS and Apache. It was a lot of fun and helped me learn a lot, but other things took priority in my life.
January 19, 2015 at 5:45 am
Eirikur Eiriksson (1/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Did you see this one "Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals"
😎
No, I didn't see that one. Thanks!
And I know it's not for everyone or for every situation. I just think people have a tendency to be overly dismissive of the technology.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
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January 19, 2015 at 5:48 am
Eirikur Eiriksson (1/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Did you see this one "Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals"
😎
Although, six hours of downtime? That's not horrible. I suspect many of us aren't keeping our servers up that much. This was a very good read. Thanks again.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
January 19, 2015 at 5:57 am
Grant Fritchey (1/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (1/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Did you see this one "Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals"
😎
Although, six hours of downtime? That's not horrible. I suspect many of us aren't keeping our servers up that much. This was a very good read. Thanks again.
I think six hours of downtime is pretty acceptable for home labs.
If you have a virtual machine running, I can guess it is down much more than 6 hours in a year.
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January 19, 2015 at 7:57 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/17/2015)
New laptop, and new labs for me. Toshiba Z30 arrived yesterday, so setup begins today. Then I have to make the switch from Hyper-V back to VMWare (corp decision), so I get to migrate labs and VMs across.Works for me as I like VMWare and it was a struggle moving to Hyper-V for me.
I started a conversion to hyper-v once upon a time. I put it off because of the time involved to get it all reconfigured to work properly. I haven't tried again since I am happy with my VM environment currently.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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January 19, 2015 at 8:00 am
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
I need to get my Azure lab done at some point.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events
January 19, 2015 at 8:08 am
Eirikur Eiriksson (1/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Did you see this one "Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals"
😎
Hadn't seen the article or the actual numbers, but had a feeling that might have been the case. I have clients that experienced a lot of unplanned downtime last year. But, I know of a few data centers that are far worse for up time.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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January 19, 2015 at 8:11 am
Grant Fritchey (1/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (1/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Did you see this one "Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals"
😎
Although, six hours of downtime? That's not horrible. I suspect many of us aren't keeping our servers up that much. This was a very good read. Thanks again.
I think the six hours is a bit of an understatement. Keep in mind they had one outage near the end of the year that exceeded that (think about the upgrade that failed).
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events
January 19, 2015 at 8:52 am
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Just VM's on my laptop currently. Don't have the resources (time, money, or electrical) to currently do more in house, though I'd like to. I have a played a little bit to get a setup in Azure since the MSDN license comes with some credits, but there aren't enough of those to use it extensively without setting up refill.
Jack Corbett
Consultant - Straight Path Solutions
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January 19, 2015 at 8:58 am
Jeff Moden (1/18/2015)
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Maybe that's ok for some folks but that would constitute a huge NFW for me and the company I work for.
Jeff,
I think this question is about home labs versus doing things for work. Azure should be fine for a "home" lab setup.
Jack Corbett
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January 19, 2015 at 9:13 am
Grant Fritchey (1/19/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (1/19/2015)
Grant Fritchey (1/18/2015)
WayneS (1/18/2015)
I'm curious...How many folks have a home lab set up with servers?
How many folks just use virtual machines on a computer (be it laptop, etc)?
Other?
If you feel like it, why did you choose that route?
I for one do everything with VMs on my laptop.
Everyone say it with me...
AAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUURRRE!!!
Did you see this one "Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals"
😎
Although, six hours of downtime? That's not horrible. I suspect many of us aren't keeping our servers up that much. This was a very good read. Thanks again.
You are welcome;-)
Horrible or not depends on the SLA, five nines (99.999%) allow for 5.26 min in a year....
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January 19, 2015 at 9:29 am
Well this is fun.
Officially, according to the government, South Africa uses the , as the decimal point. In reality, everyone, including the government, uses the .
Windows 7, when used with English (South Africa) had the decimal separator for numbers as .
Windows 8, when used with English (South Africa) has the decimal separator for numbers as ,
SQL Server uses the regional settings of the machine it's installed on. Hence when running on a Windows 8 machine that is set to South African regional settings, SSIS refuses to accept that '34.22' is a valid number.
SQL Server doesn't care, SSIS throws a fit.
And I have 30 grads doing a homework exercise that requires they import data from flat file into SQL Server (import/export wizard is the way everyone who searches google will find)
It's gonna be a looooog week.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
January 19, 2015 at 9:44 am
GilaMonster (1/19/2015)
Well this is fun.Officially, according to the government, South Africa uses the , as the decimal point. In reality, everyone, including the government, uses the .
Windows 7, when used with English (South Africa) had the decimal separator for numbers as .
Windows 8, when used with English (South Africa) has the decimal separator for numbers as ,
SQL Server uses the regional settings of the machine it's installed on. Hence when running on a Windows 8 machine that is set to South African regional settings, SSIS refuses to accept that '34.22' is a valid number.
SQL Server doesn't care, SSIS throws a fit.
And I have 30 grads doing a homework exercise that requires they import data from flat file into SQL Server (import/export wizard is the way everyone who searches google will find)
It's gonna be a looooog week.
The joys of working with different number formats. So, if they figure it out, would that be extra credit? 😉 I wonder if using BULK INSERT with a format file would allow it through.
January 19, 2015 at 10:41 am
GilaMonster (1/19/2015)
And I have 30 grads doing a homework exercise that requires they import data from flat file into SQL Server (import/export wizard is the way everyone who searches google will find)It's gonna be a looooog week.
Let them do it like everyone does:
import as text, convert in SQL Server.
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