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Statistical Sampling for Verifying Database Backups

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A DBA's huge workload can start to threaten best practices for data backup and recovery, but ingenuity, and an eye for a good tactic, can usually find a way. For Tom, the revelation about a solution came from eating crabs. Statistical sampling can be brought to bear to minimize the risk of failure of an emergency database restore. … Read more
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SQL Server Consolidation

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In the crusade to cut expenses, Data Centres (and IT Infrastructure) are now coming under scrutiny as a possible source of savings. Half-informed executives now rally behind the cry of "Virtualization!", but virtualization is only part of the story - The tip of the consolidation iceberg - and it might not actually save you as much as you thin. Thomas takes us deeper.… Read more
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SQL Server Audit: Magic without a Wizard

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In SQL Server 2008, Microsoft introduced SQL Server Audit. This is much better than anything we had before, and is likely to meet the needs of all but the largest, or the most highly-regulated of industries. SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition includes all of the features whereas SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition only provides only a subset. What is most attractive about it is that it is easy to administer, as Thomas LaRock explains.… Read more
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Using Operations Manager Reports to Validate Your Uptime

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Operations Manager has a number of reports to help you monitor the uptime of your applications, but reporting can be difficult to learn until you understand all the different options, the different parameters possible, and the way the Operations Manager health model is structured. Firstly, you need a clear idea about the way that your organisation defines 'uptime'. then you can start your reports from any of the views in the Monitoring tab, and then add or remove objects to get the report you need. Thomas LaRock explains...… Read more
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