We currently have a SQL 2008 server running as a VM. We backup nightly using Veeam and my consultant also advise we backup on top of that via BackupExec. Lately, our Backupexec jobs have been running ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Dec 11, 2012) - Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, today announced the availability of two new free tools that monitor the health of ...

This article explains how to repair the MDF file using the native repair methods and how to use a Reliable MDF file Repair ...

When it comes to mission-critical systems and databases, we all know that we need to plan for disaster. It's not the most exciting work; there's often little reward even when it's well done, and the ...

One of the great new features of SQL Server 2008 is called Transparent Data Encryption. Data encryption was introduced into the Database Engine in SQL Server 2005, so why is 2008 so much better? Yes, ...

Over the years, servers have suffered terribly from malicious attacks that users had to take precautions now and then. Because of that, internet users need to determine how to repair a database in an ...

Microsoft is having a re-think about its SQL Server strategy and in particular about what it wants to do with SQL Data Services. Part of the company’s Azure services platform, SQL Data Services, it ...