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Upgrade OS

I have a client who needs to upgrade their OS from Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. They need to do this for some performance issues that we are working on.I have been trying to find a document that is a "How to" kind...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating systems, MirrorMirror, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Upgrade OS

I have a client who needs to upgrade their OS from Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. They need to do this for some performance issues that we are working on.I have been trying to find a document that is a "How to" kind of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating systems, MirrorMirror, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Finding a replacement for me

I am leaving my current job for another opportunity. I have given the requisite 2 weeks notice and am really looking forward to starting my new job. One problem...finding a replacement for me. I am a SQL Server DBA who is VERY VERY motivated. I worked...

Tags: MirrorMirror, job, career, jobs

Discussion threads 2007-03-07

Lockdown...the exception to the rule?

Let me put in my disclaimer ... I was not at this company when they initially rolled out SQL Server. All of our database servers, including production, were open to God and his brother when I got here, but I have been slowly changing that. I am the...

Tags: database, database server, Lockdown, security, Microsoft SQL Server, MirrorMirror, software, server

Discussion threads 2006-06-20

It's ridiculous

It's ridiculousthreatening to kill people for making fun of your religion threatening to kill people is simply re-enforcing stereotypes of many not all muslims as vicious intolerant terrorists.the taliban spread their cause in afganistan by terror: join them and get rewarded with a wife and a couple acres, don't join...

Tags: cartoon, intolerance, MirrorMirror, Muslims, off-topic, tolerance, tyranny

Discussion threads 2006-02-03

App development best practices

I was recently tasked with assessing vulnerabilities on some of my companies database servers and the applications that connect to them. I have been asked as part of the documentation to provide a list of best practices. We are a small shop that has not had a set...

Tags: Storage, Databases, database, Web

Discussion threads 2005-12-21

AMD Opteron vs Intel Itanium

My network admin has asked me about the possibility of using AMD Opteron Dual-Core processors instead of Intel Itanium for the cost savings of the AMD's. We are thinking about going to 64-bit but have not been given the thumbs up yet. Is anyone currently using the AMD...

Tags: 64-bit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., amd, AMD Opteron, intel, Intel Corp., Intel Itanium, MirrorMirror, processor, register

Discussion threads 2005-12-08

Unnecessary job - need opinion

Unnecessary job - need opinionI have a dev sql server for a data warehouse that uses a well known application to present and report on the data. So that the developers can work with current data, I made a job that sync's all of the dimension tables and select...

Tags: data warehouse, databases, developer, job, MirrorMirror, software, sql server

Discussion threads 2005-11-14

Gorilla Bosses

Gorilla BossesI found this article on the FoxNews.com site and thought that a lot of people here might find it interesting. What was most interesting to me was that the first example of a Gorilla Boss was at a tech company. Do you have a Gorilla Boss?Here is...

Tags: MirrorMirror, David L. Weiner, gorilla boss

Discussion threads 2005-10-19

An interesting Canadian perspective

I am not going to comment. This guy says things very well...http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/Check out the essay on Blame Throwing. He gets it better than most Americans do.Thanks DLwe need to hear that more often, David warren is probably right (well he's definately not "left")... Another Canadian, Gordon Sinclair...

Tags: AMERICAN, American Community, Americans, canada, david warren, MirrorMirror, off-topic

Discussion threads 2005-09-27

New hockey rules...what do you think?

New hockey rules...what do you think?I love hockey. I really hated that they did not have a season last year. But, I will be able to get my fix this year.Since I am in Texas and am truthfully still learning hockey, I thought that more experienced people could...

Tags: game, hockey, MirrorMirror, nhl, off-topic, puck, sport

Discussion threads 2005-09-22

Extremism is so rampant because...

...people seem to think that their opinion is fact. If one person challenges another person's opinion with fact that is contrary to the opinion held, the challenger can easily be viewed by the person challenged with disdain at best and hate at worst. How many times have you...

Tags: MirrorMirror

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

Windows OS hotfixes/patches and Databases

I am looking for advice. I am the SQL Server DBA at our company. Our network admins want to apply Wondows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server hotfixes and other service packs to servers that are running SQL Server 2000. I am looking for a way...

Tags: database, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, MirrorMirror, networking, operating system, patch management, server

Discussion threads 2005-01-11

Go to work during bad weather?

Go to work during bad weather?With the start of winter, our CEO sent out an e-mail to everyone in the company stating, "With the winter weather upon us, it is a good time to remind everyone of the inclement weather policy. XYZ Company will be open, even during bad...

Tags: Go-To Work, ice, MirrorMirror, off-topic, travel

Discussion threads 2004-11-16