As a DBMS SQL Server is a powerful, cost-effective, and simple-to-use DBMS able to service the needs of most small-to-medium size businesses right out-of-the-box without professional management by a DBA.  In fact, a recent survey reported that 45% of IT personnel responsible for managing their company’s SQL Server instances are not trained database administrators instead...
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  I have two recurring career related nightmares one of which I’ve come to discover is part of the shared consciousness of many DBAs: catastrophic database failure.  Not that we haven’t trained for efficient and timely recovery in preparation for such an event, but that our preparation did not account for Murphy, our nemesis, joining the party with a corrupt backup file. ...
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