Win a New Backpack in our April #SQLChat!

Win a New Backpack in our April #SQLChat!

It's that time again! Participate in our April #SQLChat for your chance to win a new Herschel Supply Co. Backpack! Our next #SQLChat will take place Wednesday, April 5 at 11 AM CT with Jim Donahoe (@SQLFlipFlopsDBA). Jim will be leading a discussion on Career...

A Closer Look At SQL Safe’s Backup File Deletion

A Closer Look At SQL Safe’s Backup File Deletion

One of SQL Safe's frequently used feature is the ability to automatically delete backups older than a certain time period. This feature, however, is often misunderstood in how it works under the covers. I'd like to take a closer look at this feature in hopes that...

How NBT inc. improved their MySQL database performance

We had a chance to speak with JaiKwang Lee, Product Guild & DevOps leader at NBT, Inc. Lee and team are responsible for managing the company’s numerous databases spread across different geographies. NBT Inc deploys Monyog for effective database monitoring and Lee...

Let’s Discuss Migrating to the Cloud!

Let’s Discuss Migrating to the Cloud!

It’s that time again! Our next #SQLChat will take place Wednesday, March 15 at 11 AM CT with Mike Fal. Mike will be leading a discussion on how to migrate to the cloud. Whether your company is considering Azure, Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud, or any of...

Become a Community Member to Score a New Duck!

Become a Community Member to Score a New Duck!

Still don’t have a Hippie Duck? They are back for a limited time only! The first 100 people to make a new account on the IDERA community will receive a free, limited-edition Hippie Duck! To get your duck, you must first join the community by creating an account...

It is time to Modernize!

Over the last months I met hundreds of customers. It is somewhat humbling to learn about the many powerful applications built with D6, D7, Delphi 2005/2006/2007, XE2/3 and newer RAD Studio versions. Especially astounding is the number of great applications that are...

I/O Efficiency – Storage Performance Optimization

In a typical business application, data builds over time as sales are recorded.  Data is stored in blocks for tables and leaf pages for indices.  The number of blocks & leaf pages grows.  A full table or an index scan does more I/O operations.  Execution time of...

Precise Detects Problem In VMware Storage

Our demo environment had a storage hardware outage.  Here is the timeline and how the issue appeared in Precise for SQL Server. 1/9/17- Data Center experienced a power outage, Dell Power Vault MD3200i was abruptly powered off causing 2 drives to enter preemptive...

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