How do I disconnect multiple connections on a server ?

 I executed the net use statement and got a  System error 1219 has occurred Read more →

Discussing Converged database versus Specialized database engines

Some thoughts and discussion on Converged database versus specialized DB engines Read more →

What is the Disk Capacity and Partition Amounts for GPT and MBR

Explain the difference between GPT and MBR for disk initialization on a database server Read more →

Building Secure and reliable systems

Site Reliability Engineering is the new norm for DBAs. Read more →

How does a server select a Domain Controller

The mysteries of Domain Controller selection revealed Read more →

Learn about Containers

Learn all about Containers for database servers Read more →

HCI and Database servers

There are constant infrastructure technology changes. There are regular infrastructure changes - for various reasons , such as hardware refresh , hardware not supported by vendor any longer , data centre simplification , changing data centres , on-prem versus off prem. What remains permanent is the database servers that remain on the OS. So it's incumbent upon the DBA to approach the problem with a risk analysis mindset. One of the first is start to understand the underlying infrastructure. Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) utilizes storage residing in servers and distributing the storage treating it like a storage array. This consolidation... Read more →