Accidental DBA

Weekly information about SQL Server, primarily for firms that don't have a DBA on staff.

Archive

SQL Server Editions: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters

Understanding the Limits Before You Hit Them

Kevin Hill

SQL Server in the Cloud

Are DBAs Still Needed?

Kevin Hill

SQL Server Agent Jobs: Set It and Forget It?

Useful tips to make your jobs more stable

Kevin Hill

SQL Server TempDB: The Most Overlooked Bottleneck

Configuration, Performance, and Unnecessary Usage

Kevin Hill

Your SQL Server Is Whispering

Are You Listening?

Kevin Hill

SQL Server Budget Justification

How to talk about cost to management

Kevin Hill

SQL Server Indexes - a Primer!

Indexes 101: What, Why, and When?

Kevin Hill

SQL Server Wait Stats

What are you waiting for?

Kevin Hill

SQL Server Backups Aren’t Enough

There's another step!

Kevin Hill

The Cost of a Cheap DBA

or None at All!

Kevin Hill

SQL Server Source Control on a $0 Budget

The Source Control Dilemma

Kevin Hill

My SQL Server is Slow! What Do I Do First?

Don't Panic!

Kevin Hill