• Update, Please…

    Update, Please…

    I recently read a blog post on my friend Randolph West blog about Windows Updates. Please read what he said here. I’d like to take a minute and both echo what Randolph said and expand on it. Keeping your software up to date is important. I’ve heard all the excuses and even used them myself.…


  • DBCC CHECKDB

    DBCC CHECK DB Steve and I recently repaired SQL Database Corruption for a customer who wasn’t running DBCC Check DB on a regular basis. Please don’t do this. DBCC Check DB both needs to be run on a regular basis AND you need to be monitoring the results. It’s so important to know about corruption…


  • Backups

    Today I want to talk about backups. I’m not going to get into all the details about RPO and RTO but just the overall 50,000 foot level sentence that can help you make decisions about what you need. Back in High School I used to work on older Diesel powered Mercedes Benz for my best…


  • Welcome

    Welcome to my new site. I’ve tried this once before but ended up discontinuing it. Now I’m at the point of my career and life where I feel its time to try again.