December 12, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Database,
Database Administration,
Microsoft Cluster Service,
Microsoft Windows,
MSCS,
SQL,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2012,
StorageAs we all know by now AlwaysOn Availability Groups are an enterprise edition feature and SQL Server Clustering is a standard edition feature. Butt what happens when you have a small business that is running its apps on SQL Server Express. Can't SQL Express have any sort of high...
November 7, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
AlwaysOn,
Availability Groups,
Clustering,
Database,
Microsoft Cluster Service,
MSCS,
SQL Licensing,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2012With the release of SQL Server 2012 and specifically the AlwaysOn feature we need to rethink the way that we handle the licensing for servers that will be passive servers. In the past it's been assumed that passive servers didn't need to be licensed, and that was true, for the most part. The...
September 6, 2012 11:41 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Karen Lopez,
Microsoft Windows,
People,
People Talking Tech,
SQL ServerSo in all my free time (that 7 minutes a week that I wasn't already using for something) I've decided that I needed to try something new. I've put together a new podcast called People Talking Tech (www.peopletalkingtech.com) where myself and whoever...
August 22, 2012 3:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Microsoft Windows,
Windows 8As I'm as MSDN subscriber I was able to download Windows 8 from the MSDN website on August 15th and get it installed. At this point I've upgraded all three of my machines so I wanted to give you a review of what I like and don't about the new OS. Before I go on I'm not going to bitch and moan...
August 16, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Microsoft Windows,
Windows 2012,
Windows 8So as we all know Microsoft hates allowing upgrades of OSs from Beta/CTP/RC/RP (or whatever) to RTM (Release To Manufacturing) bits. However thankfully Microsoft has made it easy enough to do anyway. Simply take your ISO/USB/CD/DVD or whatever install media you plan on using and make it...
August 9, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
AlwaysOn,
Availability Groups,
Azure,
Data Loss,
Data Security,
Database Administration,
Database security,
Microsoft Windows,
Security,
SQL,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2000,
SQL Server 2005,
SQL Server 2008,
SQL Server 2008 R2,
SQL Server 2012,
StorageIn case you missed the blog post over on securingsqlserver.com, I wanted to repost it here...
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August 6, 2012 10:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
AlwaysOn,
Availability Groups,
Database,
Microsoft Cluster Service,
MSCS,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2012,
SSMSBy now hopefully everyone knows about AlwaysOn Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012 and the high availability options that they provide to databases. One problem with AlwaysOn Availability Groups when combined with third party applications is that the third party application may configure the...
July 9, 2012 6:20 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Microsoft Windows,
SQL ServerIt appears that Microsoft has released the dates for RTM (Release To Manufacturing) and GA (General Availability) for both the Windows 2012 Server and Client Operating Systems. Both the client and server with RTM the first week in August with the server OS will be available in September and the...
June 25, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Data Center Build,
Migration,
Restore Database,
SQL ServerEvery once and a while I get the fun project of moving a data center from one location to another, often from a Managed Service Provider to either a CoLo facility or to another Managed Service Provider. When I'm doing this the data sizes typically aren't small. In the case of my current project...
