The Dream Machine

This Friday Steve Jones has a fun poll. If your new boss told you to spec out a machine, what would you choose?

Provisioning a New SQL Server Instance – Part Two

So how should you install and configure SQL Server 2012 properly? Glenn Berry completes his two-part series by explaining the steps needed to complete the preparation and do the actual installation.

Provisioning a New SQL Server Instance

Before you even install SQL Server, there a number of preparatory steps you need to take in order to get a new machine with a fresh copy of the operating system completely ready to install SQL Server properly. This is to maximize performance, reliability, and security.

Fix Failures Fast

A new study from Microsoft Research looks at failures in PCs. Steve Jones thinks there are a few things worth talking about for DBAs.

A Tale of Four Laptops

With the release of the 22nm Ivy Bridge microarchitecture less than three weeks away, at the end of April 2012,...

Behemoths of the server room: An interview with Glenn Berry

At the last PASS summit, we cornered SQL Server MVP Glenn Berry, and found out his views on the impact of virtualization, solid state disks and SAN administrators on the life of a DBA, and what led him to write a book all about SQL Server Hardware.

BYOD

In the future we may be required to bring our own devices to work. Does that make sense? Would you want to get an allowance and purchase your own laptop?

Does It Help

This editorial was originally published on Oct 12, 2006, published today as Steve is out today at the PASS Summit. Today Steve talks about the productivity that comes from having multiple monitors.

RAID 5 Parity

RAID 10