Any other DBAs brave enough to go to EMC World?
Next week I’ll be stepping into the lion’s den of sorts. I’ll be off to Las Vegas to attend EMC World. I went last year, and I’m pretty sure that I was about the only full time DBA there. The storage folks treated me pretty nice, even after they found out that I was a […]
Data Normalization, with storage being so cheap what’s the point?
Back in the old days one of the big reasons that people enforced such strict rules on data normalization was because it would greatly increase the amount of information you could fit on the hard drive. Back when everything was measured in kilobytes or megabytes storing redundant information simply wasn’t an option. You had to be able to cram as much information into that little database.
Back To Basics: The SQL Server Service Broker
The SQL Server Service Broker is a fantastic new addition to SQL Server. For those who have used Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) the service broker will be easy to understand as it’s the same basic concept. Messages are sent from one place to another, within a database, from database to database, or from server to server.
Quest Meet the Expert Video published
Quest Software has just published the first of a few videos which I recorded with them. You can download or view the video from here. I’ve got to tell you, I had an absolute blast recording the video. Denny