Tag Archives: database

Recipe for Disaster

Posted on January 4, 2016 by

Happy New year to everyone. With a new year, here I start the year with a blog post talking about a common recipe for disaster waiting to happen with your SQL Servers. By default, SQL Server’s databases are installed on … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Storage Report

Posted on December 30, 2015 by

When working with Oracle databases, especially Oracle Cloud Control 12C, it was easy enough for me to generate a daily report early morning that would be mailed to all the stakeholders regarding the Storage Usage for all the Oracle instances. … Continue reading →

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How To Identify The Source Of Page Splits

Posted on December 28, 2015 by

In my last post I talked about how one could go about troubleshooting an issue in SQL Server, and today I would like to talk about one of the common issues that most DBA’s come across their professional career, Page … Continue reading →

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Troubleshoot Your SQL Server

Posted on December 14, 2015 by

Hi Everyone. I wanted to ask a question before I begin my post today. And the question is: When you’re trying to troubleshoot SQL Server, Where do you start looking? This is one of the most hardest question to answer … Continue reading →

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You’re a DBA, you should know these

Posted on November 30, 2015 by

How many databases are you responsible for? How many different version do you support? How much data have we handled this month? How much capacity will we need next year? What new IT techniques will help you get there? These … Continue reading →

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Better…..Faster….SQL Server Backups

Posted on November 20, 2015 by

Ever since I phased out the legacy backup system in one of my recent projects with a centralized SQL Server backup solution, I have been asked by many people regarding the results that I got from the transition. To put … Continue reading →

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Find the locks

Posted on November 11, 2015 by

There are many blog posts on the internet that have explained time and again regarding this topic. Many of them are pretty basic stuff while some of them are quite advanced. A while back I myself wrote a blog post … Continue reading →

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