"The cloud" is a generic terms that refers to storing data on remote servers over the Internet. This could be a privately owned cloud, or a third-party cloud. Many companies,...

rharderwijk (8/11/2009)

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Brad,

I am looking at something strange here: the output of my Profiler GUI trace and a programmatic trace do not match. I created a trace in the GUI, trying...

Backing up to the cloud is definitely a niche solution, best for smaller organizations, with smaller databases, that don't have the financial resources for a more complete disaster recovery solution....

Brad: I have to ask, is there a way for you to fix the title of this thread? The article title is correct, the thread title references backing up...

Slick84 (7/26/2009)

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So how about a DBA who does not possess those qualities and does not qualify the criteria you have laid out? What's wrong with them? If I'm reading your...

Please keep in mind what I said in the editorial, "While there are exceptions, most of the DBAs *I* have met seem to fit into one or more of the...

Subhash,

I'll forward these requests on.

Cheers,

Brad

Thanks for the compliment. Hopefully, I'll have time to do more, but producing these videos is very time consuming.

Kurt linke (7/1/2009)

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All I want is when there is a "production issue" they would not blame the DBA team first. You would think after all the times we found the...

I am delighted to see that the responses thus far have been very reasonable and thoughtful. I guess I should have expected this, as most DBAs I have met are...

Yes, that makes a lot of sense. In fact, that is why I wrote the book, "How to Become an Exceptional DBA". You can download the PDF version of the...

That's a good point to mention that not all SQL Server user groups are not affiliated with PASS. Does anyone know of a published list of SQL Server user groups,...

ian.lewis (5/27/2009)

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As a former Microsoft employee, I have to disagree with your definition of "long pole." In my group it was always understood to mean the item in the schedule...

JStiney (5/22/2009)

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The standard templates seem to capture too must data, so custom templates that target just what you need would very useful. I liked the one you did for...

lisa.siverly (5/5/2009)

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Excellent video, i will not be so apprehensive to try to use profiler now that I have some background knowledge, however I'll have to find the suggested article, is...