Posts Categorized: SQL Server

Log Buffer #275, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

With the rapid advancement in the database technologies, the legacy systems are either being upgraded or they are being replaced or in some cases technologists are finding ways to support them in new ways showing us the flexible nature of databases and the belief of professionals that the sky is the limit. For this Log Buffer Edition, we go even beyond in this Log Buffer #275.

Why You Need To Consider Upgrading to SQL Server 2012

I’ve rewritten this blog post in the series to include other new features in SQL Server 2012 outside of high availability and disaster recovery. Ever since the product has been released, I’ve had a chance to look at features that will address performance challenges and business intelligence requirements.

Log Buffer #274, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

Technical blogging has become more than just a way to tell the world what the technologist did. It has become a vibrant medium through which the tech bloggers are sharing their experiences and teaching the interested audience. It has become an enabling technology. This Log Buffer Edition encompasses such vibrant blogs in Log Buffer #274.

Amazon Lures Microsoft Customers with SQL Server RDS

Until very recently, SQL Azure was the only solution offering SQL server on cloud, Google Cloud SQL offering MySQL only and Amazon offering MySQL and Oracle Not anymore! The online retail and cloud solution giant is now offering SQL server as part of its RDS service and also added ASP.NET support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Log Buffer #273, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

Glamour from across the world is sparkling in the South of France, but even that has failed to eclipsed the vivid aura of the database blogs from the realms of Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server. This Log Buffer Edition in Log Buffer #273 covers this glamorous gala of innovation.

Log Buffer #272, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

It is evident and beyond doubt now that the new media technologies like Twitter and Facebook are not going to wipe-out the blogs, rather they are complimenting each other very nicely and it seems they were made for each other. This Log Buffer Edition enhances this match, and presents you Log Buffer #272.

Log Buffer #271, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

They say, “April showers bring May flowers.” They basically say that nature brings different things in different colors aimed at improving the things. That is so true for the blogging world too. This Log Buffer Edition also brings out different blog posts to improve things, so enjoy the Log Buffer #271.

Hardware Components Failures – Survey Results

When preparing for the the IOUG Collaborate 12 deep dive on deploying Oracle Databases for high Availability, I wanted to provide some feedback on what hardware components are failing most frequently and which ones are less frequently. I believe I have reasonably good idea about that but I thought that providing some more objective data would be better. I couldn’t find and results of a more scientific research so I decided to organize a poll. This blog post shows the results and I promised to share it with several groups.

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