I've inherited a mess.<BR><BR><BR>Part of that mess is that some people have been doing development on the production server, and next week, all that work is going to be erased by the application of a ...

If your business uses Microsoft SQL Server, you may want to have multiple instances of servers on multiple computers for synchronization or backup purposes. Microsoft SQL Manager lets you accomplish ...

Microsoft is looking to bulk up SQL Server in the hopes of winning new customers and has fleshed out plans for the upcoming Datacenter and Parallel Data Warehouse versions of the popular database.

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

Looking forward to some new hardware for our existing SQL 2005 Server next year. I believe traditional thinking has it that you should have 3 spindles/arrays, one each for: OS, Logs and Data and you ...

When it comes to improving the performance of database systems, there are nearly as many approaches as there are DBA (database administrator) teams. That might sound acceptable at first glance. But, ...