Opinion - Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Opinion category.
TechEd Impressions: Day Four
Conferences,Opinion | June 11, 2010 | 2:15 pmTechEd is finally over, and I have been overwhelmed by attending 20 different sessions over the last four days. As with any conference I attend, my head is swimming with a lot of new information that I hope I can retain over the long term.
TechEd Impressions: Day Three
Conferences,Opinion | June 9, 2010 | 5:08 pmToday I attended four regular sessions, plus a special lunch session for Microsoft MVPs. The sessions I attended varied a lot in quality, although there were two sessions that stood out. Both of these sessions were by the same speaker, Sunil Agarwal, a Program Manager in the Microsoft SQL Server Storage Engine Group. His first ...read more
Impressions of My First Day at TechEd 2010
Conferences,Opinion | June 7, 2010 | 4:15 pmTechEd 2010 started today, June 7, and will run through Thursday, June 10, 2010. In the past TechEd has run for five days (or ten days as an experiment a few years ago). At only four days this year, this TechEd is the shortest of the four TechEd events I have attended. Apparently reducing the ...read more
Are You a Full-Time or Part-Time DBA?
Brad McGehee,Opinion | May 28, 2010 | 1:14 pmI’m always trying to find out about the DBAs who visit my blog, as it helps me to better understand them, which helps me to better target the blog posts I write. While I use Google Analytics to help me find out more about my audience (such as how often they visit or what countries ...read more
Taking Advantage of SQL Server Tools
Database Administration,Opinion | March 8, 2010 | 5:18 pmReprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly. An important question I think you should be asking yourself, when it comes to your professional development, is "Are You Taking Full Advantage of the SQL Server Tools Available to You?" I think it’s important enough that, when I make presentations at conferences or user groups, I often ...read more
Questions About SQL Server Backups
Database Administration,DBA Career,Opinion | February 3, 2010 | 10:32 amSQL Server backups are a “funny” topic to talk about. If you are talking with experienced DBAs, the topic of backups rarely surfaces, as this is a fundamental skill most DBAs learn early in their career. On the other hand, there are thousands of part-time, accidental DBAs who are tasked with making backups, and they ...read more
But We Have Always Done It That Way
Database Administration,DBA Career,Opinion | January 28, 2010 | 3:21 pmI recently ran across the following scenario. A SQL Server instance had been upgraded from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008. At the same time, the older physical hardware had been replaced by newer hardware. The DBA who had set up and configured the older server was no longer at the organization, and a ...read more
How Do You Handle the Stress of Being a DBA?
DBA Career,Opinion | January 21, 2010 | 9:06 amThis is a reprint of my editorial at SQLServerCentral.com. There is a lively discussion at the SSC forum on this topic, or feel free to comment here. While being a DBA has many benefits, it can also be a job with many stressful drawbacks. Some of them that come to mind include: As the organization’s ...read more
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