Comments on: Dev, Test and Production SQL Server environments http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/dev-test-and-production-sql-server-environments/ Your technology pain-relief experts. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Wang http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/dev-test-and-production-sql-server-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-33033 Steven Wang Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:06:58 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=2934#comment-33033 Thanks, Brent. Great, penny's dropped. Thanks, Brent. Great, penny’s dropped.

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/dev-test-and-production-sql-server-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-33030 Brent Ozar Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:17:16 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=2934#comment-33030 Hi, Steven. If you used the second one for test/QA, how long would it take you to make it the DR server in the event of a disaster? (And don't think about when everything's going right - think about a true disaster when phone lines are down.) Hi, Steven. If you used the second one for test/QA, how long would it take you to make it the DR server in the event of a disaster? (And don’t think about when everything’s going right – think about a true disaster when phone lines are down.)

]]> By: Steven Wang http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/dev-test-and-production-sql-server-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-33029 Steven Wang Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:12:30 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=2934#comment-33029 Hi Brent, We recently just ordered 2 brand new servers: HP Prliant DL380 G7 - Xeon X 5690 3.46 Ghz X 2 with 144GB Memory and a 160gb Fusion iODrive for TempDB. these 2 new servers will replace the current production server and DR. This is for a central data warehouse environment. As we don't have enough capex to buy the third one right now, my question is: is it better to use these 2 new servers as one for Production and one for DR or one for production and one for Test/QA? In worst situation, a down time of 2-3 hours is OK as our reporting servers are on defferent OLAP servers. what is the best way to utilize these 2 new servers? Thanks a lot. Hi Brent,

We recently just ordered 2 brand new servers: HP Prliant DL380 G7 – Xeon X 5690 3.46 Ghz X 2 with 144GB Memory and a 160gb Fusion iODrive for TempDB. these 2 new servers will replace the current production server and DR. This is for a central data warehouse environment.

As we don’t have enough capex to buy the third one right now, my question is:

is it better to use these 2 new servers as one for Production and one for DR or one for production and one for Test/QA?

In worst situation, a down time of 2-3 hours is OK as our reporting servers are on defferent OLAP servers.

what is the best way to utilize these 2 new servers?

Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/dev-test-and-production-sql-server-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-30811 Brent Ozar Sun, 08 May 2011 12:28:32 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=2934#comment-30811 Laurie - can you give me an example? Usually your code should be identical between servers, and it should fetch configuration variables from data sources (like config tables). Having different code from prod to QA to dev introduces risk for problems. Laurie – can you give me an example? Usually your code should be identical between servers, and it should fetch configuration variables from data sources (like config tables). Having different code from prod to QA to dev introduces risk for problems.

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