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I would throw another one onto the pile: Stress Testing / Load Performance testing. Websites perform differently when there are 5 active sessions vs. 1500 active sessions. Knowing the capacity limitations of your website goes a long way in preparing for the worst. Because if you reach capacity your first three:…

Very nice. Jealous as always of your jet-setting, Don Draper-esque lifestyle. :-) So tell us, did any of our suggestions that you solicited for how to survive conferences come into play?

People! Process! Technology! If you want to skimp on one, two, or all, there will be consequences. There is a certain acceptable risk threshold for all three that usually comes with a price point. Finding that perfect balance is always the elusive goal.

Foreshadowing! Cloud Computing just won the Preakness!

You said, "I'd trade them for happy, worry-free times with my family and friends." That reminds me of one of my favorite stories, and I am sure you will enjoy it too... The Mexican Fisherman

I have been given the task of consolidating Security for my company which has been de-centralized up to a year ago. It's like trying to stop the tide. SO many holes and so many pressure points coming from so many different directions. This does not include the constant state of change in my company. Reading reports like…

Hardware! Hardware! Hardware! Cloud! Cloud! Cloud! SDN! SDN! SDN! Hyper-Converged! Hyper-Converged! The buzz and the marketing will dot heir best to present the service existing above the infrastructure, but the reality is the same now as it was when I first entered IT, "Make it go More! Make it go Faster!" New companies,…

AwesomeSauce!

Great refresher information. Thanks for this. Question: Has this been revised with the latest versions of NPM and SAM?

Still waiting for this.

Trust! But Verify! Watch the Watcher! Checks & Balances! Monitor the Monitor. Fox Watching the Hen House! War Games!!! All of these apply in security. Always know what is going on, what changes are made in key sensitive areas. The First Rule that I follow and always put into application is... "I cannot be trusted!" All…

I am going to run this past my DBA's to see what they say. I've had this discussion with them for years and they keep responding with it is supposed to be that way...

So jealous! I can't wait to attend one. Looks like the group went all out in setting this up and providing facilities. And then to be able to help in announcing the birthday prize for ThwackCamp? Giddy!

I asked. Doubtful...

I still got these bad boys. Certified too! I'm waiting on the days for it to make a comeback and I can cash checks!

"Failure to plan is planning to fail!" said the CBCP! I know I am preaching to choir but any DBA with his weight in salt knows to check his/her backups and test restores periodically. A recent "gotcha" I ran into was when we had to restore a PRD database for a Tier 1 application. The Infrastructure team had recently made…

Happy belated Independence Day everyone. Hope your day was full of fun, family, and bacon!

An action that we have adopted (championed by me! <patting self on back>) is to have ourselves audited by a 3rd party after major upgrades/changes. We focus on Best Practices, stability, security, performance. Every audit has determined that the vendor has upgraded/installed less than optimally.

QUESTION: The link takes me to a list of live and pre-recorded sessions. The points are only for live?

Thanks Tom for letting me know. I guess I must have blinked and missed it.

Probably one of the most unlikely movie match-up's you'll ever see.

Where's my 50 Thwack pts? Man... I miss Lindsey already! lol

Does the web need a safety manual? No... we need a new web. How long do we stay with this archaic concept? We can only over-compensate so much by moving the tiny 8-bit packet faster and faster.

Did you make it to Sapphire this year?

I would say come to Baltimore and see the Oriole... but they are absolutely terrible this year. :-(

Sorry chaps. I got this one right. Watch the short video and pay attention.

I actually prefer, and am frequently over-ruled, to provide too few CPU's to guests and do a combination of: wait for the users to complain, and proactively monitor utilization through weekly reporting. Throwing CPU's around in the hopes of being proactive is a short-term win.

Ahh documentation! The bane of a dynamic IT operation's existence. I refer back to the old saying, "As soon as you write it down it becomes obsolete." My attempts to mitigate the documentation needs is to: automate, streamline, consolidate, simplify, and centralize.... everywhere, with everything that I can possibly…

We currently have a 39-location WAN. Our Corp datacenter has Public and Private SONET Ring connections and two internet connections from separate providers. All connections are on divergent path. The remaining locations are tiered as: Important or Remote. All Important locations have a managed Verizon MPLS, VzW wireless…

I really didn't want to answer today's question.