Idera, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, has introduced two new products, both of which are available as public betas ...

This week, I again had the opportunity to be on the Virtumania podcast with Rich Brambley, Marc Farley and a special SQL server guest, http://www.brentozar.com/ Brent ...

SQL Server is at the heart of your company; if it goes down, the results could be catastrophic. However, despite its importance, many IT admins don’t have a solid backup and restore plan in place.

Chris: I just tried the VBScript you provided for backing up Virtual Server 2005 VMs (see my last column, "VM Backup Burden") and noticed a problem. The backup starts before the Virtual Server has ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

Today DCIG and SMB Research are pleased to jointly announce the availability of a new, comprehensive 2011 Virtual Server Backup Software Buyer's Guide that weights, scores and ranks over 20 virtual ...

Virtual server backup is top of the to-do list for many IT departments this year. That is because server and desktop virtualisation is sweeping the datacentre and data protection is a key part of such ...