Typically, I discourage buying used drives. In fact, I normally extend that advice to "don't buy anything that's not a ...

Looking forward to some new hardware for our existing SQL 2005 Server next year. I believe traditional thinking has it that you should have 3 spindles/arrays, one each for: OS, Logs and Data and you ...

It's time to replace a SQL server, the lease is up soon. The databases are around 3-4 GB currently, just barely fitting in RAM on the current server. If I am planning on getting a server with plenty ...