Do your servers take for ever to reboot?
One company I worked at the newer SQL Servers started taking forever to reboot the OS. The older servers didn’t take all that long. It finely dawned on us one day what it was.
Installing SQL Server 2005 SP3 or SQL Server 2008 on XP Prep SP3 can cause Bug Check
The SQL Server CSS team has just posted a blog post saying that it you install SQL Server 2005 SP3 or SQL Server 2008 on a Windows XP Machine which is pre SP 3 you can get a Bug Check (Blue Screen). If you are running Windows XP I highly recommend that you read this […]
Mirroring isn’t a backup solution
In case you live under a rock and haven’t heard about Journalspace.com‘s little mistake, they have gone out of business due to a database problem. Here’s a screenshot in case the site is down when you look at it. In a nutshell it appears that they were relying on a RAID1 array as the database […]
SQL Server virtualization pros and cons: Weigh the performance impact
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about new articles that I’ve published. Over the next few weeks I’m going to see if I can’t remedy that, and get all caught up. Over on SearchSQLServer.com I posted an article entitled “SQL Server virtualization pros and cons: Weigh the performance impact“.