I'd put money on it breaking future updates, considering how SQL 2005 would fail to install some updates if you simply moved the resources db to a different physical location...

I think Mike and Miles are spot on, in many cases it's simply not cost effective to throw money at making a system that little bit more redundant, but...

For me it was definitely a case of falling into it. As a Sys Admin, myself and a couple of colleagues had to learn several technologies for a project at...

In terms of managers wanting to know the root of a problem, I think it depends on the manager. Most will want to know at some point, after all they're...

2012's definitely worth checking out, even with Metro / IFKAM it's a big improvement in terms of easy setup. Semi on-topic, the...

As an accidental DBA myself I definitely think more defaults or guidance towards best practice would be a good thing. MS have made great improvements over the years in some...

To my mind as much as some marketing people might like to portray the "cloud" as being revolutionary, it's really just an evolution / different way of doing the same...

Kevin.Young 56119 (10/23/2012)

I've been in situations where management commissioned a software project on behalf of a department. The department itself is not interested in the software, they want to...

SQLRNNR (7/30/2012)

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Another thing these bosses tend to have in common (bad bosses) is that they probably should not be bosses in the IT field since they don't have a very...

Yep, even as an accidental DBA I've got one on every one of our servers. In my case it's very basic compared to what others have described, but from a...

Perhaps it's minor, but for me a big one would have to be if they were using dual (at least) displays or not. After a decade of having two monitors...

It can definitely be tricky to get the right balance when it comes to alerting. I think the biggest issue I've seen in addition to simple noise is reducing the...

I agree that used to its fullest SQL Server security is very confusing, and I can certainly understand some people not being willing or able to make full use of...

I think most IT people know they should be planning for failure, but until they have their first one it can hard to really take it seriously and act accordingly....

I think the biggest issue when it comes to partnerships between business and IT is where the two try crossing into each others domains. Broadly speaking I think you can...