Mike Hillwig

1. Fizzbuzz

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   September 25, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   I recall reading Brent Ozar’s post on questions to ask DBAs in an interview. Unable to sleep last night, I …
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2. Backup Agents: Good, Bad, or Ugly?

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   September 25, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   Do you use database backup agents to back up your database or do you write your backups to disk and …
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3. Using sysdepends the old fashioned way

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   September 25, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   SQL Server gives us a pretty good GUI for most things. Every once in a while, though, it’s pretty rewarding …
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4. An Ounce of Prevention

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   September 24, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   Having worked in some large IT organizations, coming into a small shop can be maddening at times. When a drive …
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5. (nolock)

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   September 24, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   A few years ago, I was working on a big project doing some report writing. This particular client had a …
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6. A Bad SAN

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   September 23, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   Several years ago, I was working on a project at a utility company, deploying their new customer billing system. After …
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7. The Great Breakup

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   September 22, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   In a recent post, I said that database servers  and web servers can be friends, but they shouldn’t live together. …
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8. Food for Thought: Access Used Properly

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   September 21, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   The DBA community is going to have a fit with this, but I wonder if Access is as bad of …
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9. The Value of a Mentor

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   September 21, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

   If you’re a junior DBA, or if you’re just starting your IT career, this is certainly a blog post you …
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10. How I Became a DBA

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    September 18, 2009 by Mike Hillwig

    I don’t know any DBAs who started their careers wanting to be a DBA. It seems that everybody has grown …
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