Opinions On SQL Server Hardware

Oct 8, 2007

Hi all,
I was wondering if I could get some experienced opinions on SQL hardware to
run an ERP app on SQL 2000. The app does not yet support SQL 2005. The ERP
app has 25 users and likely won't exceed 30 users for several years. All
traffic is on the LAN. The ERP clients basically submit SQL requests for
reads and writes. The app makes heavy use of temp tables, temp views but
not many stored procedures. The current size of the db is 6GB and will
likely double in 4 years.

Planned server:
Windows Server 2003
4 GB RAM
SQL 2000 Standard (ERP app does not yet support SQL 2005)
RAID1 for OS
RAID 10 for SQL data
RAID1 for SQL logs
RAID1 for temp db
Dual, teamed NICs

I would try to get 15K SCSI drives. Any thoughts on SATA instead of SCSI?

Could I expect much of an impovement by using SQL 2000 Enterprise since it
can use more RAM? I would rather wait for SQL 2005 to be supported.

Does anyone have a Dell or HP server configured in an email-able cart that
they would care to share?

Thank you.

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Looking For Opinions.....want To Use SQL Server To Store Images

Apr 25, 2006

I have a client who wants to be able to upload images to his website for his customers to access.  It will probably max out at 100 images a month...so not a huge amount of data.  I am using asp.net 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. 
Does anyone have thoughts or opinions on why I should or should not take this approach?

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May 18, 2005

Dear All,
I am writing a procedure to import daily the customer excel file to SQL server 2000, I managed to do that where the excel file will be imported directly to the SQL server after creating the new data table, & then I need to read the created table & import it row by row to my original data table.The problem:
I.        The original excel file has the following:a.       a protection passwordb.      The contents has two merged headers (which effecting the import procedure)c.       And last line is a totals line
Before importing the file I have manually to remove (a – b & c)!!
The Solution:
II.     I am trying to find a way to do the above points automatically inside the project.
III.   Also I thought of importing the excel file to a DataGrid first then:a.       Let the user approve the file contents &b.      Remove manually point (I.b.) above (I don’t now how yet, need to try it).c.       Then import the DataGrid the the SQL server.
I think I prefer solution (III), any suggestions are highly appreciated
BR

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Dec 16, 2005

Please help me decide what to do about my current hardware configuration.
I have an ASP.NET app that uses SQL Server for the database.  Currently both IIS and SQL are running on the same machine (see machine 1 below).  I want to separate it so that IIS and SQL each have their own machine but I have a very limited hardware budget right now.  I am trying to decide if it would be worth moving either IIS or SQL to another machine that we have, or if I would actually lose performance by doing so considering the extra machine I have is a bit outdated (see machine 2 below).
Should I leave well-enough alone or try to split it to these 2 machines I have. (buying new machines aren't an option right now although that's what I'd like to do).  I could probably afford a memory upgrade on one or both computers if necessary.
Machine 1Dual XEON 1.8 Ghz w/ 1G RAM
Machine 2P3 1.13 Ghz w/ 512K RAM
Thanks

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Nov 7, 2002

Hi all.
We are currently running SQL7 on an NT4 server (dual 800Mhz, 1GB RAM) and it is being pounded mercilessly 24/7!

We are currently in the market to upgrade, and I would like to get your opinions on this setup. Maybe some has experience with this box, or other issues in upgrading to a new OS and new version of SQL...

Box:
Compaq Proliant ML530

Processors:
2 Xeon 2.8GHz/512KB with 400Mhz System Bus

Memory:
2GB (4x512)

Drives:
2 18.2GB U3 SCSI in Raid 1 (for Operating System)
3 72.8GB U3 SCSI in Raid 5 (for Backups/TLogs/OS Swap file)
4 36.4GB U3 SCSI in Raid 5 (for SQL data)

Operating System:
Windows 2000 Server

SQL Server:
MS SQL 2000 Standard Edition

Any thoughts/advice are appreciated. :)

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Opinions Please

Apr 21, 2004

Hi, I have probably exhusted the topic of shapes etc... but I am still having a hard time determining the best solution for my problem:

I have several products, each with several specific properties:

Double Tee
-----------------------------------------
Width | Height |Flange | Leg | Count

Column
------------------------
Width | Height

Round Column
-----------------
Radius


Now originally I wanted to create a scalable table structure, so with the help of several people on this site (and SQL Team) I have developed the following :
tbShape
------------------
ShapeID | Shape | XSectionFormula
-------------------------------------------
1 | Rect | Length X Width

tbShapeAttributes
---------------------------------------
fkShapeID | AttributeID | Attribute
----------------------------------------
1 | 1 | Length
1 | 2 | Width

tbProduct
---------------------------------------
ProductID | fkShapeID | Product
--------------------------------------
1 | 1 | Column

tbProductAttributeValues
--------------------------------------------
fkProductID | fkAttributeID | Value
---------------------------------------------
1 | 1 | 10
1 | 1 | 10
[/code]

From the above table structure I was able to select a product
and by obtaining the formula from the tbShape table, using a
cursor, replacing the Attribute names in the formula with the
attribute values from the tbProductAttributeValues table, using
dynamic SQL, I am able to determine the cross section of any
selected product.

The Problem now is, what if I need to apply different functions to
the data for any given product. This proves to be very difficult because
the attributes for the product are not necessarily consistent.

For Example, lets say the above was a slab 10 feet by 1 foot giving a cross section of 10 square feet. Because it is simple to get the cross sectional area, I can easily figure out the cubic feet of concrete used by multiplying the cross section by a length. But lets say the user want to get the cost / square foot? How is the application sure what attribute is the width of the product?

I guess what I am getting at is why the structure below is not any better then the one above?


tbTemplateCategories
---------------------------------------
CategoryID | Category

tbTemplates
----------------------------------------
TemplateID | fkCategoryID | Template |
-----------------------------------------

tbDoubleTeeTemplates
------------------------------------------
fkTemplateID | Width | Height | Flange | Avg. Leg Width | Leg Count

tbWallTemplates
-----------------------------------------
fkTemplateID | Width | Height


Now there would be a 1 - 1 relationship between the tbTemplates and tbDoubleTeeTemplates ON TemplateID - fkTemplateID. To add a new product, simple add the category, the new table, and then alter the Stored Procs which would use if() if else() statements based on the category to go to the appropriate template table.

Also, now I can write any customized functions for any product without the worry of user mispelling an attribute between the formula and attributes, etc...

Any opinions, thoughts on this would be appreciated!

Mike B

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May 13, 2004

I've always used the identity field in SQL server to maintain the unique id for a table. With the new DB design at work we brought in a dba and she made us move away from allowing SQL maintain the unique field and having us maintain the unique field in code. To do that we had to start a transaction, do a select max(id) + 1, insert into table, commit transaction. Doing it this way, I'm starting to see deadlocks due to the transactions locking the table.

Getting down to what I wanted to know, what is the pro's/con's you guys see in maintaining he unique ID this way and is there a better way of creating an unique id in T-SQL code?

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Nov 9, 2004

Hi all,

I took a search through the archives for related topics (and got Des in trouble along the way :( ) but couldn't find a directly related thread. If I missed one, feel free to tell me where to go (hey...watch that...only if I MISSED one!)

I wrote what is, essentially, a data verification stored proc that goes out to each of FOUR servers we have - each one running a mirror database. In a nutshell, there is one table that contains a row with a column in it that, if everything has gone well in the daily processing in all 4 databases, will match identically between all 4 DBs.

So, that said, here is the output: Job 'Index - Verify PortfolioIndex Across Servers' : Step 1, 'PortfolioIndex Check across all servers and portfolios' : Began Executing 2004-11-09 15:30:00

------------------- BEGINNING PortfolioIndex VERIFICATION -------------------- [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 2 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 3 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 11 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 67 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 72 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 84 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 90 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 92 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 100 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 105 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 110 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 115 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 120 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 125 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 130 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 135 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 140 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 145 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 150 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
WHOO-HOO!!! EVERYTHING MATCHES for porfolio number 155 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 160 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 110.582 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 110.582 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1000 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 189.623 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 189.623 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1001 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 164.058 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 164.058 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1002 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 255.978 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 255.978 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1003 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 159.009 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 159.009 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1004 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 318.981 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 318.981 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1005 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 145.921 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 145.921 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1006 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 141.035 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 141.035 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1007 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
UH-OH - TROUBLE!!! CloseIndex mismatch for porfolio number 1008 on 11/09/2004! [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TA1 shows an index of 123.179 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server TRADEANALYSIS shows an index of 123.179 [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE1 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
--> Server RECEIVE2 shows an index of NULL [SQLSTATE 01000]
------------------- COMPLETE -------------------- [SQLSTATE 01000]


This was cut-n-pasted here from a log file created by the actual SQL SERVER 2000 job created to run the afore-mentioned stored procedure.

After all that...my quandry is this:

What is the best way to send this info out in an email format to interested parties? Currently I have the job send out an email notification on completion, but that still requires my lazy buttocks to go look at the log file in the job (or, more accurately, on the server in the logfile directory).

I want to get the actual DATA as shown above into the email.

As I see it, my options are:
(1) write the data out to a flat file during the run (or, as is done now, into a log file by the SQL Server scheduled job) and then attach that FILE to the email - this still requires my lazy buttocks to OPEN the attachment that comes with the email.
ro (2) write the message out a line at a time to a table with an IDENTITY column (used to order them on the select) and a VARCHAR(128) column that each line in the log would be written to. This option allows me to just do a SELECT in the call to xp_sendmail to get the data into the actual email...but I just really hate the idea of creating a permanent table for this cheesy solution.

I tried it with a temp table within my stored proc, but of course, when I made the call to xp_Sendmail, it can't see my temp table in order to select from (mind you, it's not that I mind USING a cheesy table, just that I don't want it to have a lifespan longer than the time I need to use it and toss it aside)

I know the common denominator here is "My Lazy Buttocks", but I really can't understate the laziness of my buttocks, so this is a valid concern ;)

Any thoughts? How do people get status messages like this into an email without using an attachment or a cheesy middleman table?

Sorry, as always, about the miniseries...just trying to set the mood before popping the question ;)

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I'd like to hear some comment from you...


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#1
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#2
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