I think this is an important post for every DBA to read. I have been a DBA for almost 30 years (started way back in the ancient days on...

I can only share what I personally experienced. I worked for a premier financial services company for 17 years. The latest CEO was a hack that insulated himself...

Good post and very inciteful. Thanks.

We don't need training. Robots will replace us suddenly and everything will be fine. If you don't believe me, check out this link:

http://www.dilbert.com/2014-11-09/ 😛

Although a blanket statement, there is the element of truth to it. MBAs are trained to be fast trackers. This ends up making them the tool for devious...

My last company I worked for (large financial services company) started out okay, but a new CEO made it hell for certain departments. I don't think any DBA is...

Roy ... thanks for the response. I really mean this because I haven't received one previously on this subject.

You're right -- T-log sequential writes can really suck. Probably...

Roy ... I have heard a presentation on this previously. The question I had then, and now, involves the performance gain that supposed to come with in-memory tables.

Operating...

Well spoken. I realize I am dating myself when I say this, but I used VM in the early 1980's. The tragedy about VM was the upper echelons...

Good questions about the licensing angle. I will look forward to the responses.

I also want to say this post is clear and helpful. I wanted to...

I have a similar problem. Our largest database recently went on a diet. I had been urging the business to archive the really old data in the biggest...

Thank you for sharing this. It is very useful.

I don’t think you will get any arguments from anyone on this point. I have worked in database longer than most (30+ years) starting out on the mainframe. ...

I always appreciate using SQL to get the important metadata. I have a few that I use as well (some I mention here are repeats of what you mentioned):

DECLARE...

Ok. Nevertheless, the article was very helpful. Thanks.