TL;DR: It’s pretty pointless and can cause performance issues. Let’s start by asking why you might want to shrink your log. It’s too big I find that people who say this frequently don’t have a firm idea of what is too big or even why it might be as big as it is. This also…
Day: May 15, 2017
DBA as a Commodity
If you’ve been working around the IT industry for a few years then you have probably heard mention of commodity servers. These are machines that run a standardized hardware spec, and are easily interchangeable with others. The price point around the machines is that it is typically cheaper to replace than it is to repair them,…