SelectViews – Updated Show Link
(Sorry about the issue with the show link on Friday) – The show has been updated and you can check it out now. The show asks for additional feedback on SharePoint (and explains a bit more about what we’re considering) – so we need your feedback. Also, information about what SSDS actually is, and is not. The 60-second SQL Server tip of the day, information overload isues and a LOT more. Check out the show – see what you think.
> Watch the show here (open access to everyone)
SSDS, The Cloud and Managed Services
These are really different things. I’ve had a number of people write to me and others commenting in blogs and other posts that are asking about my questions regarding "Cloud" based services. I’m not anti-"Managed Services" (In fact, I’m not anti-cloud-based services) – I’m was more explaining that with the cloud based services and hosting work that Microsoft is doing, I’m hoping that the tools they build to support that business won’t get pigeon-holed as "internal use only" and will continue to evolve for the rest of us.
Managed Services are incredibly important and are more about having the experts you need watching over your servers. We use Terremark with our servers here at SSWUG – they watch over our servers, do the hardware replacements, make sure things are running smoothly, etc. We do keep track of the SQL Servers and do the work there, but the day-to-day running of the boxes, it’s a managed provider. We’ve used Terremark (formerly Data Return) for more than a decade in fact and have come to depend on them as an extension of the company.
Cloud-based services really are quite different. You don’t have the access, don’t have the control, don’t have the overall interaction with your SQL Servers that you would if they were run by you (or your managed provider). There’s truly and clearly a place for services in the cloud – but *today* it’s a fairly well-defined set of circumstances that you’ll need to have in play before it makes too much sense.
Do you have plans to migrate to managed services, or services in the cloud, or both? What things will you put in place to provide for your own archive and retrieval requirements, security requirements, audit requirements in those types of situations? If you’re NOT moving to that type of environment, what do you see as the benefits of running your own servers?
Drop me a note here, let me know.
SharePoint
Still gathering responses on whether you’re using SharePoint, and more specifically, whether you’re like to see SharePoint resources and help here on SSWUG.ORG. Drop me a note, let me know. I’ll sharing some great responses already received, starting tomorrow.
Email me here with your SharePoint experiences and whether you’d like to see it on SSWUG.
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Data Protection and Recovery Options with SQL Server
We’ll look into the various data protection options you have with SQL Server when it comes to setting up a recovery system for your server. We’ll explain the pros and cons of each and where you can apply them in your own systems. Sponsored by: Double-Take Software(www.doubletake.com)
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