From time to time, I see posts in forums from people complaining about how much some consultants charge. A really good consultant is never going to be cheap. That’s just the law of supply and demand at work right there. When I was consulting, I had plenty of people balk at my consulting price. I…
Year: 2017
Integrity Checks are Useless*
Integrity checks have become more and more important over the years, as companies store more and more data. This data is absolutely critical, so when corruption happens, it can break a company. But in all but the smallest shops, running any kind of integrity check is all but completely useless.
What is COPY_ONLY?
You’ll frequently hear that you should add the COPY_ONLY clause when taking an ad-hoc full backup to avoid messing up the backup chain. Just in case you haven’t: You should add the COPY_ONLY clause when taking an ad-hoc full backup to avoid messing up the backup chain. But you may be asking why? What exactly…
Managing Backup Issues in Availability Groups
A user asked me the other day how to go about managing backup issues in Availability Groups. Well, Minion Backup is fully Availability Group aware, and has innovative features that makes it a complete solution. This is one of the big reasons we coded MB: any solution for dealing with the issues