I have a background in both SQL adn Oracle and I must say the Oracle DBA's have felt this pain much more over the years. Their setup was far more...

The greatest factor in our decision process was the quantity of servers. For a smaller number, 10-50, single threaded options, such as SSIS, completed in a timely manner. We now...

Jim P. (1/17/2014)

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EricEyster (1/17/2014)

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I have a multi-threaded .Net service that provides those capabilities to support our 4,500 store locations. Most requests complete in less than 3 minutes. Fully web driven...

I have a multi-threaded .Net service that provides those capabilities to support our 4,500 store locations. Most requests complete in less than 3 minutes. Fully web driven and results can...

We scored a 1 out of 10...

We have 66 TB of data. Developers routinely ask for a copy of a production database, but most of the application databases are over 2TB so the request is denied....

Still running 2000 on one server. Biggest holdup is getting business sign off that their data will still be the same after the upgrade.

We use VM for our SSIS server and so far it is great. I can't tell when the admin moves it a different physical server. It solves serveral issues for...

I do not see a major impact to our organization from these changes. It is a one-time exchange for socket to core and then you start counting cores instead. This...

We use SSIS heavily and is the main tool for data transfer between system. As of this morning, we have 623 prodcution jobs running on various schedules and over 700...

I worked a contract at government site and they did not allow us to connect to our corporate office via VPN. Our manager setup a Citrix ICA server at his...

Only 1 SQL2000 server left

2000 = 1

2005 = 5

2008 = 7

2008R2 = 4500

You will have take my second monitor from cold, dead hands. I have invested in a second monitor for my home office so I am not frustrated when I work...

We have a DR drill every six months. All critical systems are tested every time. Others go through a rotation with the expectation that everything will be tested at least...

Our upgrade from SQL2000 was a multi-million dollar project with signoff from the CEO. I doubt we will be changing anytime soon.