In this six minute video, I explain why you should take the 2020 State of Database DevOps Survey. The survey is open for a few more days – we’ve had a record number of responses, but we want YOUR input as well!
I was fascinated yesterday to come across the term, “Database Reliability Engineering,” which I hadn’t seen before.
In this 22 minute whiteboarding session, I talk about why we need new terms for “Database Administration,” and my initial understanding of what Database Reliability Engineering means by comparison.
ONLINE operations in SQL Server were simple to understand for years – we got ONLINE index rebuilds in SQL Server 2005. That was it for a while.
Then, things got more complicated: we got more types of indexes. We got ONLINE options for schema changes that don’t involve indexes. We got more options for managing things like blocking, because online operations are really only mostly online: generally there’s going to be at least a short period where an exclusive lock is needed to update metadata. We now have some RESUMABLE operations coming in, too, for those big operations that are tough to handle.
The other day, I was looking back at an excellent blog post my colleague Jamie Wallis wrote about what Product Marketing Managers do at Redgate. I really like the chart he created which explains how Product Marketing Managers work with Product Managers – what each role focuses on, and where they collaborate.
I realized that my own role as an Advocate can also be hard to understand.
Chocolatey is a package manager that helps you install, upgrade, and uninstall packages (applications) on Windows quickly and easily from the command line.
Spoilers:
choco install sqltoolbeltchoco upgrade sqltoolbeltchoco uninstall sqltoolbelt
I created a cheat sheet for the Git Command Line Interface to go along with my Git tutorial for SQL Change Automation video.
I find the Git CLI to be very friendly and easier to learn than a GUI interface.
Fall is in swing, and it’s officially webinar season! Here’s a bunch of free events I’ve got on my calendar.
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