watch that parallelism.  We were having issues with performance and found that turning it down, not up actually helped a ton.   The defaults if I remember is 5 for the...

We were using 1 tempdb.  After reading that article linked above and the section on the tempdb in the book "Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: the storage engine" I went and...

Well it's a balanceing act.  We are a company that does Mysteryshopping and web/phone surveys.  I've found people that get a "we're sorry,please try again" message on a website are...

Best perk would be to hire people for specialized technical roles.

I'm a programmer but i'm also expected to play the roles of DBA, Network Admin, PBX admin, system admin for...

Our testing is when we need the backup... which has been rare.  maybe twice since i've worked at my current company.

Our test and live db's are pretty out of sync...

Thanks for the update Bart!

FYI, my system a 2.2ghz p4 (original p4s) with a gig of ram.  not a barnstormer by any means but i like to think no slouch...

A bunch of at work downloaded the 14 day trial yesterday to play with.  The idea in theory is great but the implimentation is poor.

I didn't notice any issues with...

The company I work for start a program in august to have everyone work 1 day a week from home.  There have been the ups and downs associated with it.

Some...

well in the morning i have a breakfast bar or pop-tarts around 10ish and drink water.

afternoons it's usually more water and something with chocolate.

all during december it was cookies and fudge...