RPO & RTO – What do they mean to my business?
RTO and RPO are two little acronyms that make a big difference in your business. Here’s what they mean, and why you need to consider them.
Author: William Durkin
Facing a Full TempDB? Here’s What Happened – and How to Prevent It From Happening Again
Ahh, TempDB space issues. We’ve all come across the following message at one time or another: Could not allocate a new page for database ‘tempdb’ because of insufficient disk space in filegroup ‘PRIMARY’. CREATE the necessary space by dropping objects in the filegroup, adding additional files to the filegroup,or setting autogrowth on for existing files in the filegroup. […]
You Asked: We Answered!
Struggling to find the answers you need to move forward? Feeling stuck? Through our combined years of experience in the Microsoft Data Platform, we’ve been asked every question in the book – twice. Over the past month, our five-part blog series answered the most common questions we answer for our clients. Below, you can review our collection of articles to find the […]
You Asked: Is Our Data/Database Secure?
Welcome to the final post in our five-part series about the common questions we answer for our clients. Security is often at the top of people’s minds—or, it should be—yet there is a weakness common to many systems. Not only does this oversight put their system at risk, it also impacts GDPR compliance. Question #5: Is Our Data/Database Secure? Once we have established that a system is performing well and can deal with […]
You Asked: Will Our Application/Database Scale?
Welcome to the fourth instalment of our series tackling the most common questions we hear from clients. As businesses prepare for their future, it’s important to be able to gauge whether their system is scalable. Here we discuss how to ensure your application or database can successfully scale. Question #4: Will Our Application/Database Scale? After we have performed an environment health check (or even before […]
Data Masterminds is expanding again!
Here at Data Masterminds we are constantly striving to improve how efficiently we can deliver our data platform expertise to companies around the world. Part of this focus on efficiency involves ensuring we are available to our clients on their terms. So, hot on the tail of our team’s recent expansion in Germany, we are extending our operations once again. We are […]
You Asked: Is the DBA dead?
Welcome to part three of our series tackling the questions we hear most from our clients. Today we discuss the role of the DBA, and whether businesses have truly evolved to function without them. Question #3: Is the DBA Dead? When discussing the cloud, it inevitably raises the question, “Is the role of the DBA dead?” This question has been around in one form or another for as long as […]
You Asked: Will the Cloud Save Me Money?
Welcome to part two of our series on the most common questions we receive from clients – be sure to check out part one if you haven’t already. Question #2: Will the Cloud Save Me Money? The cloud is no longer a new technology and many companies are already successfully using it in at least one area of their business. In fact, most companies had been using “the cloud” […]
You Asked: Why Do I Need a New Version of SQL Server?
All companies want to future-proof their data strategy, and that’s why they come to us. Despite the diverse range of industries that our clients operate in, most have the same questions because they’re encountering similar issues. We are publishing a five-part series on the most common questions we receive from clients who want to make sure that their SQL Servers are optimally set up and able […]
How to Move Thousands of Database Files with Minimal Downtime
Introduction Running out of disk space is an inconvenient symptom of a business doing well. Database file migration is rarely as easy as we want it to be – the downtimes alone can lead many people to put it off, even if this ultimately exacerbates the problem. This is a common scenario facing many sysadmins or database administrators, and its handling greatly impacts the entire company. I worked through this issue with a client recently and wanted to […]