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  • Reply To: Blocking Connection to Server

    "I will be interested to know whether this is a very common approach of designing an architecture"

    In my experience it doesn't seem that uncommon in old applications, but it really...

  • Reply To: I Need a CS Degree. I Don't Need a CS Degree

    My ~30 year career in IT has been with a company whose products are not software.  In that kind of environment I've worked with many people without degrees who were...

  • Reply To: Knowing Your Total Reward

    My employment record is a bit of an outlier in that I have close to 30 years in IT at the same employer.  Part of that longevity can be attributed...

  • Reply To: Tech Debt Perils

    For home sound system receivers I typically go with Yamaha.  Excellent sound, but their interfaces are probably the most nonintuitive and cryptic you will ever find where the directions are...

  • Reply To: Where's the Printer Friendly Option?

    As somebody who spent a good chunk of his adult life in IT supporting the paper industry, I can say that per capita  paper consumption is down dramatically from previous...

  • Reply To: SQLExternalMonitoring what is it in sp_who2 result

    That is an application (or application client) running local on the server with SQL.  The  "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" indicates it is running as a service as Local System.  Looking through the...

  • Reply To: Linked Server to SAP HANA database.

    I don't think a linked server to SAP HANA is an option.  At least is wasn't for us.  I forget weather it was performance issues or that SAP just wouldn't...

  • Reply To: An Upgrade Slog

    Been a few years since I've done a multi-restore version upgrade, but there was a couple years where it happened often enough that I had a virtual box spun up...

  • Reply To: Five Years and Counting

    My employer standardizes on Dell for everything.  Aside from the "Dell Tax" the only complaints I've ever had with them are a spat of bad batteries 5-6 years ago which...

  • Reply To: Managed Instance Impressions

    We were in on the Beta for the managed instances service as we had several groups quite excited about it.  Having just completed a lift and shift of five datacenters...

  • Reply To: Multiple Display Productivity

    My current home / work setup is dual LG 27" monitors attached to a KVM switch connected to my home and work laptops (monitors are running at 1080 so not...

  • Reply To: Backing up and Restoring a 3 terabyte database takes over 5 hours

    If your cloud is Azure.....

    Another thing to look at is weather you are exceeding the maximum I/O throughput threshold for either the VM or the destination disk for your backups. ...

  • Reply To: The On-Call Load

    "A common theme is that there is a minimum number of people needed for a support rota.  Below that and you risk burn-outs and resignations."

    Definitely.  In the 2007-2009 timeframe our...

  • Reply To: The On-Call Load

    Our DBA team supports 24/7 production facilities so we definitely have an on call rotation.  We organize our systems so each has a primary and backup DBA.  When an after...

  • Reply To: Protecting Off Hours

    Because my company operates manufacturing facilities (many 24-6 or 24-7 operations) across time zones, after hours work is part of the job description.  It's a known quantity going in and...

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