Comments for SQLServerPedia http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Want a promotion? Find yourself a junior DBA by Eralper http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/professional-development/want-a-promotion-find-yourself-a-junior-dba/#comment-47865 Eralper Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:34:51 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=525#comment-47865 Hi Brent, You are totally right about distributing routine jobs to someone that can handle these. This will create the necessary time that you can built really new and useful applications that your company requires. Although you can spare time to learn the newest enhancements in databases and try to get use of them personally, it is not possible to carry all those stuff into office as a task. But I can not say it is easy to take a new person where money talks :) Eralper <a href="http://www.kodyaz.com" title="SQL Server tips and sample codes" rel="nofollow">SQL Server Code Samples</a> Hi Brent,

You are totally right about distributing routine jobs to someone that can handle these. This will create the necessary time that you can built really new and useful applications that your company requires.

Although you can spare time to learn the newest enhancements in databases and try to get use of them personally, it is not possible to carry all those stuff into office as a task.
But I can not say it is easy to take a new person where money talks :)

Eralper
SQL Server Code Samples

]]> Comment on Optimizing your page file drive by Brent Ozar http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/tuning-and-optimization/optimizing-your-page-file-drive/#comment-47588 Brent Ozar Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:45:58 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=479#comment-47588 Doug - absolutely, it does need to be large enough for a memory dump, but you don't need to optimize it for read or write performance if the SQL Server has enough memory. If your server is doing memory dumps often enough that you're worried about how fast it recovers from a memory dump, then you've got some pretty ugly problems. Ouch! Doug - absolutely, it does need to be large enough for a memory dump, but you don’t need to optimize it for read or write performance if the SQL Server has enough memory. If your server is doing memory dumps often enough that you’re worried about how fast it recovers from a memory dump, then you’ve got some pretty ugly problems. Ouch!

]]> Comment on Optimizing your page file drive by doug valdez http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/tuning-and-optimization/optimizing-your-page-file-drive/#comment-47534 doug valdez Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:24:52 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=479#comment-47534 ok Brent you are killing me.....I just read in your article last week to make the page file needs to be large enough for a memory dump? now you got me confused ok Brent you are killing me…..I just read in your article last week to make the page file needs to be large enough for a memory dump?

now you got me confused

]]> Comment on Want to get ahead? Say no. by facility9 » Links for the week http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/professional-development/want-to-get-ahead-say-no/#comment-47489 facility9 » Links for the week Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:41:50 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=527#comment-47489 [...] Ozar put together a great post on SQLServerPedia about getting ahead by saying no. This is definitely great advice that I could have used at the beginning of my career and could [...] [...] Ozar put together a great post on SQLServerPedia about getting ahead by saying no. This is definitely great advice that I could have used at the beginning of my career and could [...]

]]> Comment on Want a promotion? Find yourself a junior DBA by MarlonRibunal http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/professional-development/want-a-promotion-find-yourself-a-junior-dba/#comment-47423 MarlonRibunal Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:16:46 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=525#comment-47423 Looking for a junior DBA? Come get me! Looking for a junior DBA? Come get me!

]]> Comment on Want to get ahead? Say no. by Brent Ozar http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/professional-development/want-to-get-ahead-say-no/#comment-47421 Brent Ozar Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:03:54 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=527#comment-47421 You actually nailed it in your comment: _you_ are the company. You are always your own company, no matter where you work, with your own customers. Your job as a self-contained company is to please your customers in a way that gets you where you want to go. It's a radical concept in the DBA world, but it's pretty common to hear outside of database administration. Swing by your local bookstore and pick up a book on personal branding. It's a real eye-opening concept. You don't want people saying, "Company X is doing great!" You want people saying, "This guy really took Company X to the next level!" It can't just be about the company: it has to be about you AND the company. You actually nailed it in your comment: _you_ are the company. You are always your own company, no matter where you work, with your own customers. Your job as a self-contained company is to please your customers in a way that gets you where you want to go.

It’s a radical concept in the DBA world, but it’s pretty common to hear outside of database administration. Swing by your local bookstore and pick up a book on personal branding. It’s a real eye-opening concept.

You don’t want people saying, “Company X is doing great!” You want people saying, “This guy really took Company X to the next level!” It can’t just be about the company: it has to be about you AND the company.

]]> Comment on Storage Area Networks (SANs) 101 by G D Milner http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/podcasts/storage-area-networks-sans-101/#comment-47420 G D Milner Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:03:41 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=505#comment-47420 Very nice. Really enjoyed it and it answered a lot of questions for me. Thanks! Very nice. Really enjoyed it and it answered a lot of questions for me. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Want to get ahead? Say no. by emailtoid.net/i/b8645eb1/ http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/professional-development/want-to-get-ahead-say-no/#comment-47419 emailtoid.net/i/b8645eb1/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:08:36 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=527#comment-47419 While I agree that its important to know when to say "no", the author places too much emphasis on personal goals, and not enough on doing what's best for the company. Unless _you_ are the company :) You (or your manager) should be setting up the priorities based on achieving company's long term goals, not what looks good on your (or your manager's) resume. This is what you are paid for. In the long run, this kind of attitude will only get you in trouble. While I agree that its important to know when to say “no”, the author places too much emphasis on personal goals, and not enough on doing what’s best for the company. Unless _you_ are the company :)

You (or your manager) should be setting up the priorities based on achieving company’s long term goals, not what looks good on your (or your manager’s) resume. This is what you are paid for.

In the long run, this kind of attitude will only get you in trouble.

]]> Comment on What is the best way to copy over a 150GB *.bak file to another server then restore the *.bak file in a timely manner? by Mathew Kong http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/backup-and-restore/what-is-the-best-way-to-copy-over-a-150gb-bak-file-to-another-server-then-restore-the-bak-file-in-a-timely-manner/#comment-47418 Mathew Kong Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:05:51 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=529#comment-47418 You do not need to copy the file over. You should able to just restore the database over the network from another server. You do not need to copy the file over. You should able to just restore the database over the network from another server.

]]> Comment on Want a promotion? Find yourself a junior DBA by Want to get ahead? Say no. | SQLServerPedia http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/professional-development/want-a-promotion-find-yourself-a-junior-dba/#comment-47401 Want to get ahead? Say no. | SQLServerPedia Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:08:50 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=525#comment-47401 [...] week I talked about getting ahead by finding yourself a junior DBA, and this week I want to cover another tactic: saying [...] [...] week I talked about getting ahead by finding yourself a junior DBA, and this week I want to cover another tactic: saying [...]

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