Full-Day Workshop: Storage and Virtualization for DBAs

I’m pleased to say that I’ve been asked to present a full day session at Dev Connections titled “Storage and Virtualization for DBAs”.  In this two-part session will focus on two of the biggest topics in the DBA field: how to properly design your SAN solution and how to properly design your virtualization solution. In […]

Recommended reading from mrdenny for August 08, 2014

This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week. VNXe3200 – a new member in VNX/VNXe family Security in the Cloud including HIPAA The Case For SPARSE_SE EMCWorld 2014 – EMC announces Data Domain DD2200 appliance 8-Core, 32GB RAM, 240GB Flash […]

What security options should you be using for linked servers?

When setting up linked servers, what security settings do you typically setup for that question at the bottom of the window? As you can see from the screenshot there are four options. Two of them are good options, two of them are bad options. Do you know which ones are which? The Bad Options The […]

Recommended reading from mrdenny for August 01, 2014

This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week. The data platform for a new era SQL Server 2014 and HP Sets Two World Records for Data Warehousing Leading In Both Performance and Price/P.… SQL Server 2014 Backup to the Cloud […]