Knowing that backups are made and being able to restore from one because

your testing just destroyed key data is always a nice thing. Not that

ANYONE would ever test against PROD data.......

Allowing them to roll patches is good when those patches are safe.

SQLServer2014 SP2 in particular.

When you are in the Rented space you don't get the awesome tools that are

FREE from M$. Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Report Services

unless you specify them on the front end.

You also cannot have an always-on environment that some people pay for

because this insurance for the business is justifiable.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:48 AM, <

mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:

> On 2017-08-15 10:15, Ed Leafe wrote:

>

>> On Aug 15, 2017, at 8:55 AM, Malcolm Greene <profox@bdurham.com> wrote:

>>

>> our value-add is your application and

>>> customer support - not haphazardly configuring and maintaining

>>> infrastructure in your spare(?) time.

>>>

>>

>> This.

>>

>> If all you’re doing is moving your workload from an in-house machine

>> to a remote machine, you’re really not getting much benefit beyond

>> reduced capex costs.

>>

>

>

> But saving money on not having to have an in-house DBA, letting the vendor

> take care of the 24/7 and patches etc....isn't that a good thing?

>

[excessive quoting removed by server]

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