SQL Server natively supports 3 types of backups: Full, Differential and Log. Full backups take a complete backup of the…
This is one article in a series that cover how to use PowerShell scripts to automatically install SQL Server. The full script set can be found here. High availability in production SQL Servers is often a desirable feature.…
This is one article in a series that cover how to use PowerShell scripts to automatically install SQL Server. The full script set can be found here. Service Accounts are a requirement for installing and running a SQL…
First, thanks to Sean McCown (t|w) and Mladen Prajdic (t|w) for their assistance with finding & confirming some of the…
In the previous post we looked at how log backups and auto growth settings can affect performance. Now let’s look…
Why does missing a few log backups matter? I was asked that question last week when one of our backup…
There are more than 1000 different ways to configure a SQL Server instance. Just to install a new SQL Server…