Hello,

Thanks for getting back.

I did put in a cleanup task as the last task in the plan, I selected Backup Files for 'delete file of the following type, under...

Maryland,

Hey there, I am currenlty gearing up for 70-444, what did you use to study? I have read the reviews of the Microsoft press book and the sybex and both...

Hi Gail,

I have just been looking at the online tutorial on the tuning advisor, I think I am going to have a read up and go from there.

Thank you for...

ah see what you mean, yes we have a development server, but it is somewhat underpowered and runs SQL 2000 whereas I really want to run it on SQL 2005,...

Hello Gail,

Thanks for getting back, I should have pointed out that it is in fact a copy of the production database that have restored to the server. Also the production...

Hello,

Quite a bit space on the drives, I did have the idea of adding another drive, and I have just looked inside and there is space for one, so I...

Hi,

Thanks for getting back. The server is not that flash and quite old. Its just 2 physical disks, one C: and one D:.

Regards,

D

Hi Guys

Thank you very much for your replys, I just hope the book isnt too difficult to follow, I'm thinking if I just keep hacking away at it, it will...

Hello,

Thanks for all your feedback, looks I'm on for a bit clustering. Thanks for the white paper, I'll give it a read. Funny you should mention the external USB drive,...

Hello,

Well the main reason I am redoing the lot is because I plan on going through all the SQL MS Press books again right from the start, 431 then 443...

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Thanks for your reply. It is indeed a Core 2 duo. Bit of a bugger I wont be able to do the clustering, but there you go. I wont be...

Thank you very much, guys, I will try it all out.

Kind Regards,

Paul.

Thanks Timothy, thats great, I think I may alter the backups to go to a device instead.

Love the ferret, though I have always preffered Gophers, they bring back better beer....

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Any advice on my last couple of questions?

Regards,

D.

Hello,

Firstly, thank you for you advice and your time. Bob, my backup is indeed full and I have configured a transaction log backup every 2 hours to see how large...