Absolutely! I only manage about 35 SQL Server servers, containing far more databases, and also am the system admin for 20 application/systems. I am always looking for ways...

Loner (6/22/2011)

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Citibank outsourced their IT department to India. Poor coding and poor testing results in hacking.

They deserve what they get.

My advise is not to do any business with...

OCTom (6/22/2011)

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Regulations regarding technology are always behind the curve. It takes a long time to get regulations passed through the system and technology changes dramatically.

A simple monetray penalty...

Our storage engineer recently noticed a bad drive on a server. It is the OS drive, and is RAID 1. It is used in a major clinical system.

As...

Jeff Moden (5/25/2011)

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Gosh... I've seen this type of conversation come up over and over and people still haven't sussed it.

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...but it's more important to get something done...

Craig Farrell (5/24/2011)

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djackson 22568 (5/24/2011)

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Maybe I am not hearing what people are trying to say here, and if so I apologize. What I am hearing clearly does not make...

aphillippe (5/24/2011)

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djackson 22568 (5/24/2011)

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john.richter (5/24/2011)

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Maybe I am not hearing what people are trying to say here, and if so I apologize. What I am hearing clearly does not make...

john.richter (5/24/2011)

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To djackson 22568--what you say might be. However, in this case, they had spent a great deal of time, an inordinate amount of time, twice, and still came...

Peter Maloof (5/24/2011)

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I'm not a...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/24/2011)

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mpalecek (5/24/2011)

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I have to agree with roger.plowman. I am in a small company with an equally small staff.

Projects routinely get started with a good plan...

john.richter (5/24/2011)

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The problem was, as I see it, that the users were being asked to do a job of creation--envisioning the end result in one fell swoop. Anyone who's...

roger.plowman (5/24/2011)

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Shudder.

Steve, that's a recipe for absolute disaster.

First, you're falling into the "get it out the door, we'll test it afterward" trap. Second, users will initially love it, and cause...

The worst I have seen is the all too common blank sa password, with the added benefit of providing instructions to end users that documents how to create a data...

I am not sure if I agree with you or not on the points you made about how...

Ron Porter (5/2/2011)

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That said, I can see value in pushing the data and even the applications to auto-scaling, available-from-anywhere systems. I can see value in packaging everything it takes to...