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How to Communicate that You Are Not Looking for Further Advancement (Right Now)

This question came from a busy professional working from home. Looking to speak with a career counselor about how to communicate with your boss when you are content with your career or not looking for advancement at this particular time. This is a tricky one because you don’t want to give the impression that you never want to improve yourself,...

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Tips for using Transactional Replication in SQL Server 2017 (Part 1)

Tips for using Transactional Replication in SQL Server 2017 (Part 1) Avoid publishing unnecessary data. Try to restrict the amount of published data. This can results in good performance benefits, because SQL Server will publish only the amount of data required. This can reduce network traffic and boost the overall replication performance. Increase the -MaxBcpThreads parameter of the Distribution Agent....

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A Holistic View of Database Management System (DBMS) – Part 19

Loss of Volatile Storage An unpredictable storage like RAM stores all the dynamic logs, disk buffers, and related information. Moreover, it stores every one of the transactions that are as a rule at present executed. What happens if such an unstable storage crash unexpectedly? It would clearly take away every single log and dynamic duplicates of the database. It makes...

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Does Breaking Up a Database Make Scale Out Easier?

There are many different strategies and options for creating scalable solutions for SQL Server.   Whether you’re building out solutions locally or for cloud-based environments (or both) it’s very important to think through the infrastructure requirements you have, and to understand the limitations of where you may (either now or in the future) be hosting that infrastructure. One of these areas […]

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Time Management Tip for People Who Work-From-Home

This question came from a busy professional working from home. I need a Time Management Tip for people who Work-From-Home What are some of your secrets to successful time management when working from home? I know the usual suspects: Create a dedicated workspace, get dressed for work, etc., but what are your most interesting and creative ways to manage your...

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Tips for using Snapshot Replication in SQL Server 2017

Tips for using Snapshot Replication in SQL Server 2017 Run the Snapshot Agent as infrequently as possible. The Snapshot Agent bulk copies data from the Publisher to the Distributor, which results in some performance degradation. So, try to schedule it during CPU idle time and slow production periods. Consider specifying a simple or bulk-logged recovery model for the subscription database....

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A Holistic View of Database Management System (DBMS) – Part 18

DEADLOCK Procedure In a multi-process framework, deadlock is an undesirable circumstance that emerges in a shared asset condition, where a procedure uncertainly prolonged for an asset that is held by another procedure. For instance, consider an arrangement of transactions {T0, T1, T2, …, Tn}. T0 needs an asset X to finish its task. Asset X is held by T1, and...

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Tips for Creating a Marketing Plan

This question came from a busy entrepreneur. · What do small business owners need to keep in mind while drafting a marketing plan? · What basics do they need to know about marketing plans? · Why are marketing plans important? One of the first things you need to keep in mind is “What are you trying to accomplish with a...

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Tips for using SQL Server 2017 file and filegroups

Tips for using SQL Server 2017 file and filegroups Consider placing the log files on other physical disk arrays than those with the data files. Because logging is usually more write-intensive, it’s important that the disk arrays containing the SQL Server log files have sufficient disk I/O performance. Do not create many data and log files on the same physical...

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A Holistic View of Database Management System (DBMS) – Part 17

Phase Locking (2PL) Procedure This locking procedure splits the implementation stage of a transaction in three (3) portions. In the very first (1st) portion, at the time when the transaction initiates for execution, it tries to find authorization for the locks that it have need of. The second (2nd) portion is when the transaction obtains every single lock. As soon...

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