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  • Reply To: Your SQL Servers Are Misconfigured...

    martindnovak wrote:

    So what value do you actually set the Maximum server memory (in MB) to? It defaults to 2147483647.

    Typically, I leave 10% or 4GB for the O/S. More if there...

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  • Reply To: Your SQL Servers Are Misconfigured...

    All,

    SSC republished this article today, but the Free HealthCheck offer expired a long time ago. There is a $500 pre-paid option available:

    SQL Server HealthCheck

    Thanks,

    Kevin

     

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  • Reply To: A Digital Wish Card for Ken

    So very glad you are off the vent and on the mend my brother!

    Kevin H.

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  • Reply To: Log shipping from sql 2008 to 2016?

    Database mirroring Principal and Mirror have to be the same version

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  • Reply To: ToolBox missing for Maintenance task

    datwungai wrote:

    Found it!

    Open the toolbox from the menu, then right-click in the toolbox and select "Show All".

    Thanks!

     

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  • RE: Your SQL Servers Are Misconfigured...

    alexandre.jobin - Thursday, November 1, 2018 7:05 AM

    Since that you can't offert your services outside USA, is it possible to get your...

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  • RE: Your SQL Servers Are Misconfigured...

    For those interested in the HealthCheck offer, please email Kevin@DallasDBAs.com

    More about us:
    http://dallasdbas.com/about/

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  • RE: Cloud Backup

    yesterday...true story

    Me: what permissions do they need to do the thing?
    Dev: give them sysadmin, its only a dev box
    Me: No...we can't do that in prod, so...

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  • RE: Cloud Backup

    I think cloud storage is a great option for those that are facing disk space issues in an already constrained server or fileshare...OpEx vs. Capex

    If you have never...

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  • RE: Using QUOTENAME()

    I only got this because Ken Fisher talked about at the North Texas SQL User group last Thursday 🙂

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  • RE: Enabling TDE on Databases in an AlwaysOn Scenario

    On my SQL2014, in Scenario 1, running the verify query shows 0 percent completed while the encryption is happening on the Secondary.

    Just FYI...they do more to encrypted status,...

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  • RE: How do you keep yourself from burning out?

    While its not the answer for everyone, I went independent again.  I pick and choose my customers, and what I work on and when.  Sometimes even the sales part of...

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  • RE: In Depth Learning at the PASS Summit

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Monday, April 16, 2018 9:39 AM

    Kevin3NF - Monday, April 16, 2018...

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  • RE: In Depth Learning at the PASS Summit

    I'm kicking myself for signing up without a pre-con, just to save money on the price.  I REALLY want to go to one, but now have to "sell" my boss...

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  • RE: The DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize Properties in SSIS

    Thanks for posting this!   There is not much info readily digestible for SSIS memory if you are an Engine DBA.

    I had to go chase all of this down...

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