by XTIVIA | Jun 20, 2019 | Blog, SQL Server
There comes a time in everyone’s life that they need to be concerned about tempdb. I know… we all have configured it correctly and it’s running great. The application and all of the developers are using it like crazy …Wait… that may not be a good thing....
by Tony Salerno | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Database
MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database that uses the Binary Serialization Object Notation (BSON) file format — similar to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) — for versatile structuring and easy database storage. MongoDB has been popularly used by companies...
by Tony Salerno | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog, Database
IBM’s Db2 (previously DB2 up until 2017) is a popular Relational Database Management System used by businesses of all sizes in the computer software and IT service industries. Originally developed for the relational model, IBM has extended Db2’s support to...
by Tony Salerno | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Database
Informix is an RDBMS, coincidentally started its life from a company by the name of Relational Database Systems or RDS. The database product was acquired by IBM in 2001 and is now fondly referred to as IBM Informix. Informix is ideal for situations where minimal...
by XTIVIA | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog, SQL Server
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE) encrypts SQL and azure database files by encrypting data at rest. In a situation where your physical media such as data, log and backup files get stolen the malicious party can restore/attach the database and retrieve data. TDE...
by Tony Salerno | Jan 17, 2019 | Blog, Database
Oracle is another popular database the Virtual-DBA team supports. With more than 310,000 businesses in 175 different countries using Oracle Database — many of them on the Fortune 100 list — it’s one of the most widely used databases in the world. Oracle Database...
