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December 2021

solarwinds

What Is DataOps for Database Professionals?

Dec 30, 2021 By David Klee In SolarWinds
Silos in IT should be a construct of the past. Tight, rigid, and insulated IT silos were an unintentional design flaw of many IT organizations worldwide over the last few decades. Corporate teams would work on their respective piece of the puzzle in isolation, actively completing their tasks, but having little to no input or conversation on how their output contributed to the greater good. When you lay out the flow, it looks something like Figure 1.
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DBAle 39: Short stories- the beginning, Moet, and end of Season One

Dec 21, 2021 By Redgate In Redgate
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, that’s right it’s International Short Story Day. Our narrative covers Agile stories, Developer stories, short girl appreciation, and of course a novel Unwin original…or 3. In ‘The News’ we read all about Log4j, Y2K and Minecraft, before our hosts drop a big bang bombshell, turning a page in the book of life. It’s true poetry in motion as Chris and Chris raise their Moet (reading) glasses in testament to a whopping 39.5 episodes of DBAle Season One. So, grab yourself a beer and join our legendary Chris duo for the last chapter – the end.
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sumologic

Database monitoring with Sumo Logic and OpenTelemetry-powered distributed tracing

Dec 21, 2021 By Pawel Brzoska In Sumo Logic
We are living in a data world. Data describes and controls almost every aspect of our life, from the president's elections to everyday grocery shopping. Data grows exponentially and so does the complexity of applications that manage that data. We all know the recent shift to microservices and other revolutionary changes that happened in the way we design, develop, deploy and operate modern applications.
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Empowering Data Management and DBAs Through Better Tooling | SolarWinds Roundtable

Dec 20, 2021 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
There isn’t a magical solution to the challenges that DBAs face on a daily basis. Instead, you need to become proficient in the use of a number of different tools to achieve your aims. In this roundtable, SolarWinds Head Geek Kevin Kline is joined with Megan Longoria and Jon Moore to discuss the evolution of tools for the accidental and seasoned DBA alike. The panel will discuss tools of the past, their favorite new tools, and overall, why you need database monitoring and operation tools.
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solarwinds

How to Perform Point-in-Time Recovery of a SQL Server Database

Dec 14, 2021 By Paul S. Randal In SolarWinds
In a previous post in the backup and restore series, How to Restore Databases From Native SQL Server Backups, Tim mentioned some more advanced options when restoring a database backup, including performing point-in-time recovery of a SQL Server database (sometimes known as PITR). In this tutorial, I’ll build on the information in Tim’s post by showing you how to use backups to perform point-in-time recovery and a more advanced way to determine an exact point to restore to.
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redgate

The Autumn Budget and what it means for IT Teams in the NHS

Dec 13, 2021 By Jonny Byatt In Redgate
With all the hustle and bustle of hospitals, hard-working staff, and extensive cutting-edge equipment, we often forget about the invisible infrastructure that underpins our healthcare institutions. They all rely on the backbone of databases, and quick access to the data housed within them, to ensure systems at the front-end run seamlessly.
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solarwinds

Understanding the Role of a Data Steward

Dec 9, 2021 By John Morehouse In SolarWinds
Many years ago, in my earliest IT jobs in Omaha, Nebraska, I realized the field of data was going to continue to evolve and, as such, there would always be a need for people who worked with and understood data. Regardless of which industry someone worked in—financial, medical, governmental, transportation, or retail—someone would have to work with and maintain business data, or the business would fail. This realization led me into the world of databases and SQL Server.
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Day 2 Apps Deployed, the Database is on Fire

Dec 8, 2021 By JFrog In JFrog
Use DevOps practices to deploy your database changes seamlessly! Join Robert Reeves of Liquibase and Melissa McKay of JFrog as they discuss the advantages of using tried and true DevOps methodologies and automation to keep your database driven application up and running in production. The 2021 State of DevOps Report tells us that elite performers are 3.4 times more likely to adopt database change management practices. DevOps is for everyone including our database professional friends.
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redgate

Where's the best place to live as a DBA? | Infographic

Dec 8, 2021 By Laura Pepper In Redgate
Perhaps because so few of us have been able to travel recently, or perhaps because wanderlust is just good fun, we’ve been wondering as to where the best place to live is as a DBA. And not just where pays the most, or where the opportunities are, but where would truly be the best place to live day-to-day. Some of the findings might surprise you! If you live in any of the places mentioned, we’d love to hear about your experience of living there in a comment below.
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datadog

Monitor the Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache with Datadog

Dec 7, 2021 By Steve Harrington In Datadog

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL database that scales automatically with load and supports multiple APIs. This makes it easy to incorporate with your applications while removing the need to maintain your own database servers. The Cosmos DB integrated cache—which is now in public preview—is a new offering that can help reduce costs and improve performance for Azure Cosmos DB.

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redgate

7 Trends in Database DevOps & Monitoring - Download the infographic

Dec 2, 2021 By Ellie Buckle In Redgate
Earlier this year, we surveyed over 5,700 global IT professionals and asked them what the most pressing challenges they faced in Database DevOps and Monitoring are. We also asked specific questions to gauge what trends we could spot in the industry and compared the responses to the last 3-5 years of data we have.
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