Though it is more to do with SQL Storage kind of question, I have just dragged into Performance tuning section for the sake of large installation you talk with clustering. For the sake of discussion it seems better to plan ahead for the failing instances since, for example, two of the four servers could...
What advantages we took when deployed the 64-bit computing within SQL Server As you aware 64 bit computing with 64-bit processors have become the standard for systems ranging from the most scalable servers to desktop PCs. The way to take full advantage of these systems is with 64-bit editions of Microsoft...
I have had an interesting discussion in SSP World about how to grant access & privileges to handle SSIS packages in a high availability and Disaster Recovery scenario. As you may be aware that privilege involves having access to Distributed COM components as well including MsDtsServer. Few points...
Another common question in the forums asking about what are the best practices for using antivirus software on servers running SQL Server. In my experience if your SQL Server is not a internet-faced one then no need to have one installed on a SQL Server that is dedicated to databases, rather tighten...
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Well another cache related blog in a row since last few days! I have had weird issues on one of the SQL Server 2005 SP1 instance that, whenever DBCC CHECKDB is executed the performance of particular stored procedure ( complexed calculations ) has gone down to sea bed! To ensure my findings using DMVs...
When I had a chance to know about encryption features in SQL Server I always go with books online as a first hand information, but there is more to ask about this feature in 2005 version: Have you ever thought about encryption in SQL Server, how to implement it? What you need to know to implement cryptographic...