In a previous post , I talked about how I was working on implementing mirroring inside the datacenter for high availability and log shipping between datacenters for disaster recovery. Well I wanted a reason to use my freshly installed live writer and...

If like me you are looking to eak (sp) every dollar of costs savings out of your deployments take a look at the SQL Server Pricing and Licensing paper at http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/sqlserverlicensing.mspx . I'm not sure this is common knowledge...

I love blog comments. They keep you honest and earnest. In response to my blog post Database Mirroring and Log Shipping. Which is Better? Andrew Woodward noted that my post did not address the fact that SharePoint is not mirroring aware. While my intent...

In a response to my blog entry Database Mirroring and Log Shipping . Which is better? The mysterious Reed Me said: "Why not do both? One is HA. One is DR. It's a no-brainer. Do both." I totally agree. In fact, that is exactly what I've...

You may ask yourself and others this question all the time. I have heard the question a lot. The quick answer...it depends. I think both are great, however, your situation may make one more attractive than the other. Here's a quick list of the main...