Continued thoughts/prayers for you and the family. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Might want to give this a look over too; just to check your basis. It has been a long time for me as well in dealing with DTS and 2000

I've always gone by Microsoft's explanation:

“The I/O from an instance of SQL Server is divided into logical and physical I/O. A logical read occurs every time the database engine requests...

First, before I do anything on a new server I stand up a pre-determined utility database for DBA related activities. Maintenance jobs that I run but not limiting to are:

Clearing...

Usually for the amount of columns you have 13 I will just write an excel formula; now if you are dealing with a large amount of data in excel I...

I've been in both environments regarding standards. Personal preference wise I use spaces; however I think the nail was hit on the head of a standard being put into place....

Agree with everything that has been said.......gives a whole new meaning to "You are only as good as your "last" backup" 😀