SQL Server hardware can be powerful. Lots of CPU cores and memory. Just what a crypto miner may need in their quest to generate cryptocurrency. In the case of the MrbMiner exploit, numerous SQL Servers have been exploited with brute-force attacks. These attacks are scanning for servers exposed directly to the internet and are using…
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In my last post, I wrote about a new option in Azure – shared disks. Have you ever needed to build a Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) in Azure? This post will provide a few steps to get you started. To follow along with the demo, you’ll need an Azure account (available for free here )…
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Azure offers a large array of options when it comes to high availability and disaster recovery. Failover clustered instances (FCIs) is a well known option, for SQL Server, that’s been available for years on premises. However, FCIs traditionally required shared storage. New versions of the Windows OS and SQL Server now support other options such…
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Most of what you see in this post is similar to our prior post in the series – Azure shared disks – Failover Clustered Instance – SQL Server 2016. The key difference when setting up Failover Clustered Instances with SQL Server 2019 in Azure is we’re not going to utilize an Azure Load Balancer to…
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I like to read. In a typical year, I’ll consume between 50 and 70 books or audiobooks. Some of those are purely for entertainment purposes. I love authors who weave an engaging story with their words and who let my imagination do the rest. I also like to read books about non-work-related areas of my life. Topics such…
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A man and his wife were taking a lazy Sunday afternoon drive through the country enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of the rural community. As they slowly navigated the narrow two-lane road, large hardwood trees reached for the sky and offered shade from the hot sun above, broad pastures and farmland extended as…
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How should you reply to the “What’s your rate” or “How much does this cost” question? Should you answer immediately? Or try to discover their expectations? When all it’s all said and done, should you just “split the difference?” The answer to those questions and many similar ones are what Leigh Thompson, the author of The…
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“In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” That’s the premise of Dr. Laurence Peter in his 1969 book, The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong My first thought when I read a statement like that is: I wonder if Dr. Peter worked in a hierarchy and if so…
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