Today's entry is inspired by a recent Dilbert cartoon where the pointy-haired boss tells Dilbert that he needs to get better at anticipating problems.  While we'd all like to see problems before they happen, we need a little help here, and inspiring words from the pointy-haired boss just doesn't cut it. Today's DBAs have a lot of responsibility; arguably more than they have had in the past in terms of number of systems and the complexity of these systems.  Most DBAs have implemented early detection mechanisms for production systems, but what... [More]

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