Kalen Delaney, Straight to Your Computer
We’re excited about this week’s virtual workshop – Kalen Delaney will be teaching about Indexes – and it’s going to be amazing! Kalen is well known for her in-depth approach to teaching workshops, classes, pre-conference sessions and so much more. We’re really jazzed about bringing you more than *4 hours* of detailed information about things you need to know about Indexes and SQL Server. Learn about key aspects of indexes and, perhaps more importantly, how to apply that knowledge to get the best possible performance from your systems. Take a look here at the virtual workshop site – but don’t delay – the workshop is Friday, so be sure to register today.
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SelectViews Show – SQL Injection
This is a special presentation showing a sample session from a past virtual conference.
(155) SelectViews: SPECIAL — Kevin Kline – Sample virtual conference session – Avoiding SQL Injection. Watch this special edition selection from the virtual conference to see the types of sessions coming in April.
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To Enterprise or Not Enterprise (Part 1)
Do you know why you would recommend Enterprise Edition over Standard Editions of SQL Server? Do you know the selling points that you can use to justify the purchase of one edition over another?
Webcast Weds: Optimizing Backup and Restore Performance
As databases continue to grow in size, the time it takes for backup and recovery grows in length of time. Attend this session and learn methods to minimize the time it takes for your backups to complete, as well as how to minimize the amount of time it takes to recover.
Presented by: Thomas LaRock
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> Live date: 2/10/2010 at 12:00 Pacific
A Word to the Wise
It’s not secret that, on the whole, management is reducing budgets, slowing hardware acquisitions and so-on, especially over the last 12-18 months. No surprises there. But this suggestion isn’t about "doing more with less" – it’s about "pay attention – some new things may need your attention."
I’ve been working with a couple of different clients, and with our own older systems and am seeing a strong trend that’s poking it’s ugly head up. Hardware issues and failures. Equipment hasn’t been updated/replaced in a little while now and we’re starting to see the stress of the operation on the hardware. Sure, you may have service agreements in place, or may have warranty coverage, etc. Great! BUT – that doesn’t mean you don’t have to deal with the hardware failure itself. Make sure you’re ready. Make sure you have systems thought through – MANUAL systems.
Think about a brief look at your systems too. Just a check of the disk drives, looking for trends in disk errors or tape errors or… whatever. Take a look at logs, review the age of your systems and perhaps even just start a worksheet showing the acquisition date of the hardware, then rank-order with the older systems shown first. It’s not that failure is imminent, just that being aware and ready is more than half the battle. I’m *not* trying to be gloom and doom and tell you the sky is falling, just giving you a bit of food for thought.