Working across multiple database platforms is the norm these days for many DBAs. Most organizations do not restrict themselves to using one...
A Powerful Suite of Tools for Increased DBA Productivity
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Robert Agar
Is Your Disaster Recovery Plan Prepared for an Ice Storm?
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Be Prepared for Regulatory Changes in the New Year
It’s a pretty safe bet that most people are glad to welcome the end of 2020. The large-scale changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic will...
The Challenges of Security in a Hybrid Cloud Environment
The cloud has made many aspects of a computing environment easier to manage. Things like storage and compute power can simply be scaled up and down...
A Versatile Database Tool Will Increase Productivity
Database teams are typically tasked with maintaining an environment made up of diverse platforms. It’s quite common for a DBA to interact with...
PowerShell Helps DBAs Be More Productive
PowerShell is a powerful cross-platform framework designed to assist in task automation and configuration management. It is built on top of the .NET...
How to Control the Complexity of Enterprise SQL Server Jobs
Automation is one of the key techniques by which SQL Server DBAs attempt to tame their environment. Without the ability to automate at least some of...
How to Improve Your MySQL Database Performance
Tips for Improving Your MySQL Database Performance
MySQL is used by many businesses as the database backend for online stores and e-commerce sites. When deployed in this way, the performance of the...
Improving Query Performance in Your Azure SQL Databases
Recent years have seen many organizations migrate part or all of their SQL Server environments to public cloud providers. Moving databases to the...
Do You Know the Real Costs of Regulatory Noncompliance?
Compliance or noncompliance, that is the question. Is it an economically sound strategy to spend the necessary resources to remain compliant with...
The Challenge of Variable Seasonal Database Usage
If the past year has taught us anything, it is that we can never know what’s coming next. Just to survive, we may need to reevaluate our...
Protect Your SQL Servers with Always Encrypted
The information stored in corporate databases needs to be protected in multiple ways. Database backups are necessary to recover from a physical or...
You Need to Plan a Strategy for SQL Server Backups
Backups are an indispensable component of all computing environments. Creating data backups regularly is considered best practice for everyone from...
How to Create a Plan for Regulatory Compliance
Many reasons may make it important for an organization that collects and stores digital information to be concerned with regulatory compliance. Data...
The Right Tools Make a DBA More Productive
The work-life of a SQL Server DBA can be unpredictable. One might be called upon to address a performance issue, setup logins, verify the backup...
RATs Can be a Security Threat to Your SQL Servers
Before you click away, let me assure you that this post is not about rodents chewing on power cords or networking cables. RATs is an acronym for...
Why You Should Care about Database Index Fragmentation
Providing smoothly running systems that quickly respond to user queries keeps both customers and management happy. All but the most inexperienced...
Where Can I Host MySQL Databases in the Cloud?
Organizations can enjoy many benefits by choosing to migrate some or all of their computing resources to the cloud. There are often financial...
Keeping an Eye on All of Your SQL Servers
The majority of organizations that use SQL Server as one of their database solutions have more than one instance in their environment. In some...
Keeping Users Happy with High-Performance Databases
Without users, databases are rather abstract constructs that, it can be argued, have no real purpose. It is certainly an interesting technical...
Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
If you have spent any time in the IT world, you probably know that things do not always go according to plan. In fact, at times it seems that...
Don’t Fear the Robot Database Administrators
Nightmares about automation can conjure up images of shiny robots toiling away tirelessly without ever making an error or requiring a break. At...
Why You Should Consolidate Your SQL Server Environment
Microsoft’s SQL Server is one of the most widely-used relational database solutions on the planet. Due to its popularity, there are numerous...