I debated putting the Excel spreadsheet in the article. Ultimately, I decided not to since, once the raw data is in a table, you can present in pretty much...

You're right. I really need to spend some time converting this over to SQL 2005 and expanding it beyond SQL Server.

To be quite honest, I hadn't thought of monitoring counters outside of SQL Server. You've sparked my interest.

We did add code to track disk space when we were trying...

I found this site at my last place of employment where I was the only DBA to support 150+/- database servers with a budget of $0. The nice thing...

I would offer two potential solutions:

1) backup database

set database to simple recovery

do your deletes

reset database back to full...

Very helpful. These are the exact issues we'll be facing in the near future.

thank you,

Bert

No, but they are closely related

Oh, that job is now just a distant night mare.  My only point was, the answer to your question can radically different, depending on who's giving the answer.  As for...

Excellent question!  The last company/boss I worked for struggled with this question.  I hired in as a Jr. DBA despite the fact I had 10...

If you want to judge smartness by line of business, then the floor covering industry is BY FAR the dumbest on the planet.  I worked for two of the...

I learned long ago that what's smart to one is pure stupidity to others.  As a DBA, I'm not privy to everything going on in my company (though some...

Ooooo...you probably shouldn't be so mean about Star Trek.  There are probably people reading this blog who have REAL phasers!

The kept the "red stapler" in a locked, transparent box on my desk and sent me a steady stream of papers (in dire...

They kept me in the basement and treated me like a mushroom...if you know what I mean

Wanna bet?  I once worked in THE IT shop from HELL!!!!