Should DBAs Be the Protectors of Data?
Opinion | July 12, 2010 | 10:24 amOriginally published in the Database Weekly newsletter. I used to work at a large organization ($8 billion in revenues) as a SQL Server DBA. My immediate manager, who was a DB2 mainframe DBA, had worked for the organization for over 20 years, and he became a great mentor whom I grew to respect over the ...read more
PAL 2.0 Beta Released
Database Administration,Free Stuff,News,Performance Tuning | July 2, 2010 | 4:25 pmBack in 2008, I wrote a blog post about version 1 of the Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) tool. This free tool, available from pal.codeplex.com, has been enhanced, and Version 2.0, Beta 1.1, is currently available for download. I have just downloaded and installed it myself, although I haven’t had much chance to use it ...read more
Database Configuration Checklist
Database Administration | | 4:09 pmThis is number four in a series of checklists that I am putting together for a new book I am writing. Previously, I blogged about my SQL Server Hardware Checklist, my SQL Server Operating System Checklist, and my SQL Server Instance Checklist. The goal of the SQL Server Database Configuration Checklist is to help DBAs ...read more
Winner of the June SQL Aloha Contest
Question of the Month | July 1, 2010 | 5:11 pmThis month’s question of the month was: What is your best advice for boosting index performance? As usual, selecting the winning entry was difficult as there were many great tips, but this month’s winner is Robert Miller. Robert has won a US $50.00 Amazon.com gift certificate and a single license (including one year of support ...read more
July Question: Tell us your story of how you happened to become a DBA.
Question of the Month | | 1:01 amPost your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if you are viewing this from a syndicated newsfeed). And don’t forget to enter your e-mail address when you post your response, so I can contact you if you win. This month, because of the nature ...read more
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