Might also want to consider BCP and or bulk insert, sometimes it's really fast on imports..... have to see whats faster in situations with bigger files.

So I ended up with an alienware area 51 laptop.  Odd thing is for full-power it requires 2 power supplies.

Still early, but so far I like the power.  it's heavy,...

Jeff,

I bought my Alienware 17 back in 2014, and lately (past 2 months) it's gotten a little unstable, I think it's time for a hardware refresh but up until now...

Steve

I'm looking to upgrade now too.  The last laptop I bought was an alienware M17 - it's lasted since 2014, and still is pretty quick - but I've upgraded the...

Nice article!  It's interesting how some best practices change over time...

And good luck with your license I got my advanced license years ago, and 73.

WA3MH (Mark)

Best one I heard about:

Guy nailed his shoes to his boss' office door and left a note for him to try to fill these 😀 Pretty funny

Replication and mirroring can also cause growth. if the connection is lost, the logs will grow.