Important SSWUG.ORG Site News – please see below.
I Love This Term for BI
I was reading about GoldenGate – they are a data warehousing app – they talk about your information and data systems need to support "operational users and influence what should happen next." What a great overall summary of what BI is all about. I think if we all started with this type of question on the BI-type applications, we’d have a greater chance of really getting to what our users want. In the meantime, check out GoldenGate for Real-Time Data Warehousing. They’re doing some really amazing thing, all with an eye toward "what should happen next." Get more information here at their site.
Featured Article(s)
Tips for designing SQL Server 2005 tables (Part 1)
Here you can find some useful tips to design SQL Server 2005 tables.
I Caused a Security Breach…?
The President called me into his office not a month later and let me know that the CFO was no longer with the company. I was to shut down all his accounts and make sure that we recovered his laptop.
Troubleshooting Disk Performance…
The disk system is a common source of performance issues on SQL Server. This often leads to finger pointing between disk administrators, DBA’s and developers as to where the bottlenecks are originating. SQL Sentry’s patented Disk Activity view gives you a complete real-time and historical display of your disk system as Windows sees it and pinpoints where those disk bottlenecks are occurring down to the data or log file level. Spot real time bottlenecks as well as historical trends and determine where the issue really originates. Get more information here.
SQL Server, SANs and Storage Tips
We’ve been talking a lot here about SANs and what you can expect, the pros, cons and so-on. We also have a webcast available on-demand in the video library. Check it out when you get a minute:
On-Demand Webcast: Understanding Key Fundamentals of SANs and SQL Server
Learn about some key returns on investment that you can expect with SANs, along with best practices, tips for best usage and how SQL Server and SANs can provide a compelling environment both in terms of availability and performance.
Huge News About SSWUG.ORG
We’ve just released the entirely rewritten (as in every single line of code) SSWUG.ORG. The newsletter format will change as well to a newer more compact version over the next couple of days. Take a look at the site – there are a vast number of updates, new capabilities and enhancements. Be sure to login, then go to the user center (option at the top of the page) – you’ll be able to set up a public profile and more.
Interested in the new updates? Nick Cheever, our Senior Developer, was lead on the project. He put together a look at the features, how it works, where you can access things and more.
Check out the video here:
http://bitonthewire.wpengine.com/media/sitedemo.aspx
New forums, new – well, new everything. I’d love to have your feedback as well – and please bear with us if you do spot any issues. We’re actively working it and monitoring the site, it’s been solid since release Tuesday night, but we’ll get the last little kinks worked out, if you run into something, quickly.
Send in your feedback and thoughts here – we would LOVE to hear from you!
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Continuous Data Protection : Increasing Backup Frequency without Pain
Daily data backups are an important, yet painful, operation slowing (even halting) production, requiring hands-on management… (read more)