April 4, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Distaster Recovery,
SQL ServerMany companies today came pretty close to needing to implement their DR plans yesterday, and many of them probably didn't even realize it. In case you didn't see what was going on in the Dallas area yesterday there was massive hail and several tornado's toucheing down in the area. The Dallas...
March 29, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Distaster Recovery,
Replication,
SQL ServerEvery once and a while people ask me if they should use SQL Server Replication to get data to a DR site. And typically to them my answer is "probably not". The reason that I say that is for a couple of reasons.
1. If there are triggers on your tables, replication doesn't have a way to ensure...
February 6, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Distaster Recovery,
Laptop,
SQL,
SQL ServerThe other day I had a VERY unpleasant situation happen. I managed to dump a basically full 64oz (1.8 liter) cup of iced tea all over my desk. In theory this shouldn't be a problem but it landed right on top of one of my laptops. Thankfully the laptop was off but it was plugged in when this...
January 2, 2011 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Abandoned Property,
Distaster Recovery,
International Law,
Laws,
Lawyers,
Patriot Act,
SQL ServerMoving data into the cloud is a huge thing with Microsoft and Amazon (among others). However for those in countries that aren't the US there are some major road blocks to putting your data into the cloud.
The first issue is that when the cloud provider is a US company (which most of them are...
