Do All SQL Servers Need to Be Upgraded? Running production systems on a platform that is no longer supported by the vendor is worrisome. If something goes wrong, you’ll no longer be able to call the vendor and receive technical support. But worse, you’ll no longer release updates, fixes, security patches, etc, for the out…
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“We need faster storage.” Sound familiar? Or what about “No, the storage is good; we need to tune the database.” Often teams will have very different opinions about the root cause of a performance issue. Microsoft’s free DiskSpd utility can help identify disk I/O performance issues for your SQL server systems. Here’s a short introduction…
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Unfortunately malware attacks attempting to exploit vulnerable SQL Servers are often successful. Last spring, Guardicore announced that the Vollgar attack that was making its way around the internet. Just last month, it was MrbMiner in the news. And there have been countless other attacks targeting SQL Server over the year. So, how can your protect…
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