Friday, September 5, 2008

Google Chrome vs Mozilla Firefox

I've been using Google Chrome since its first release and comparing my daily use to Firefox, Chrome definitely needs some polish under the hood.

Some sites that breaks in IE also breaks in Chrome while not in Firefox. RSS feeds also comes out in text only while well represented in Firefox.

But the motive of Google to develop a browser is questionable. I've read their comics justifying their reason but it's still not convincing. Why not help the browser that pioneered and increasingly gets a share of the market? They have supported this browser and its progressing fast. Architecture or approach may be different, but these concepts can be shared to existing browsers especially to the one they support.

We know the battle of Google to free users and be independent from the dominant OS, you'll notice that Chrome is an alternative only for browsers running on Microsoft Windows. Therefore Chrome is a direct hit for Microsoft.

One thing to note about Chrome is that it that by default, it transmits browsing history to Google.

As Michael Malone of ABC News said, "Microsoft only wanted all of our money. Increasingly, it seems that Google wants all of our data,"

Google is a giant in the industry now, and when a giant jumps into the pool, it will surely shake and make giant waves.

trying Microsoft SQL Server - DB Mirror...

SQL Server cannot create the mirroring endpoint, 'Mirroring'.
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Create failed for Endpoint 'Mirroring'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
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An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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Database mirroring is disabled by default. Database mirroring is currently provided for evaluation purposes only and is not to be used in production environments. To enable database mirroring for evaluation purposes, use trace flag 1400 during startup. For more information about trace flags and startup options, see SQL Server Books Online. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1498)
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Hmmm... Let's try this:
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3786143&SiteID=1

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After MSSQL says that it is possible to mirror on 2 instance on same host, it requires mirroring on 2 separate hosts. Therefore, different instance on same host is not allowed after all. Then MSSQL required both hosts to have SQL service pack 2. After updating the engines to SP2, still it won't work. MSSQL=Syet!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

DBA Morning Checklist

Backups
  • Verify that the Network Backups are good by checking the backup emails. If a backup did not complete, contact _____ in the networking group, and send an email to the DBA group.
  • Check the SQL Server backups. If a backup failed, research the cause of the failure and ensure that it is scheduled to run tonight.
  • Check the database backup run duration of all production servers. Verify that the average time is within the normal range. Any significant increases in backup duration times need to be emailed to the networking group, requesting an explanation. The reason for this is that networking starts placing databases backups to tape at certain times, and if they put it to tape before the DBAs are done backing up, the tape copy will be bad.
  • Verify that all databases were backed up. If any new databases were not backed up, create a backup maintenance plan for them and check the current schedule to determine a backup time.

Disk Space
  • Verify the free space on each drive of the servers. If there is significant variance in free space from the day before, research the cause of the free space fluctuation and resolve if necessary. Often times, log files will grow because of monthly jobs.

Job Failures
  • Check for failed jobs, by connecting to each SQL Server, selecting "job activity" and filtering on failed jobs. If a job failed, resolve the issue by contacting the owner of the job if necessary.

System Checks
  • Check SQL logs on each server. In the event of a critical error, notify the DBA group and come to an agreement on how to resolve the problem.
  • Check Application log on each server. In the event of a critical or unusual error, notify the DBA group and the networking group to determine what needs to be done to fix the error.

Performance
  • Check Performance statistics for All Servers using the monitoring tool and research and resolve any issues.
  • Check Performance Monitor on ALL production servers and verify that all counters are within the normal range.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Election Automation supported by Philippine Computer Society (PCS)


This video was taken during my induction as new member and at the same time as the new Chairman of one of the Standing Committee of PCS. We are in the video, try to look for us. Thanks Alex!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Batman in Anime ??!!!

We've seen Aeon Flux in Anime', The Matrix in Animatrix...

Now, ever wonder what or how the dark knight will look in Japanese Anime'? Now DC, Warner Brothers, worked with Anime'tors to bring us BM fanatics "Six Inter-locking films", one ground-breaking masterpiece. From the producers of "Batman Begins" and "The DarkKnight", six celebrated directors, with the original voice of 'Kevin Conroy'... Witness Batman's journey to the Dark Knight

... Get ready to rage against evil!








Thursday, July 10, 2008

New CB subscription plugin for Joomla!

Here's a pre-glance on the new Community Builder subscription plugin (beta yet) from Joomlapolis.