Examining the True Cost of Database Restores
Let’s face it, DBAs are busy… really busy. DBA tasks, such as database server tuning, maintenance, and taking care of customer query or reporting requests, take priority. Usually full database...
Exchange Administrator Paleontologist and the Email Past
If you’re an Exchange administrator, you’re probably all too familiar with the requests from your Human Resources or Legal departments asking you to restore and search emails for an employee that has...
Data Recovery Tips after a Blackout
Since I started working in Data recovery, I tend to view the stories in the news a little differently. When hearing of a disaster like the recent blackout in Detroit, my first reaction is the same as...
Another dropped table? SQL DBA to the rescue!
Anyone in an IT role has two kinds of work days. Good days are defined by no one bothering them and they get to work on the strategic business initiatives they’ve been assigned to enhance the...
First Aid Manual for Flooded Media (aka water damage!)
It’s July, and here in Minnesota we are just starting to see the water from our over-saturated June recede. Many people this year have been affected by the rising rivers and lakes across the US. For...
How Positioning and Consolidation Has Impacted the SSD Market
There can be only one! Ok, so the SSD market certainly will not consolidate to one company, but we are seeing a lot of movement. One company acquiring the next in order to gain all of their wisdom...
Data Security Measures to take for Everyday Life
Over time, pundits of data security and data recovery have always said to back up your data. Many of you are listening, but what do you do beyond that to secure your valuable information? Risks of...