April 8, 2020
Firmware Bug in Certain SSD Drives will Brick Hardware at Exactly 40,000 Hours
“Neglecting to update the SSD Firmware will result in drive failure and data loss”
April 1, 2020
How to Handle an Oracle Licensing Audit
When receiving a licensing audit request from Oracle your first instinct may be to panic. Whether or not you have a good grasp of your license standing and are confident your Oracle licenses are compliant, an audit is still a grueling process to go through. However, there is a formal license agreement and process that allows reasonable audits of usage
March 19, 2020
SQL Server Bottlenecks: Causes and Solutions
What causes SQL Server bottlenecks?
March 9, 2020
Solvaria Sponsors rvatech/DataSummit
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February 26, 2020
What Exactly Does a Fractional CIO ‘Do’?
People always ask me, “What does a Fractional CIO or CTO do?” First and foremost, we are the individuals accountable for everything involving Information Technology at an organization. We participate in all senior staff meetings for the company and assist with setting the direction for the organization as well as managing the day to day operations of the technology team. Even as Senior IT leaders, fractional CIOs
February 12, 2020
SQL Server 2019: Intelligence over Data
SQL Server 2019 Updates and Improvements SQL Server 2019 released last November at Microsoft Ignite with a big message – SQL Server is redefining itself to extend beyond just the data relational space. The database landscape has changed alongside database engine requirements, and SQL Server is evolving along with their client’s data needs.
February 3, 2020
Solvaria Named Among Virginia Best Places to Work in Virginia for Third Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Evans Jevans@solvaria.com 804.305.9878 Solvaria Named Among Virginia Business Best Places to Work For Third Year Solvaria Celebrates Being Ranked No.42 of Virginia’s Best Places to Work in the Small Employers Category February 2020 Richmond, Va., – Solvaria, Richmond’s only IT consultancy focused exclusively on database services and strategic IT leadership, was recently named as
January 22, 2020
Solvaria Sponsors RVA Sneaker Ball
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January 20, 2020
Case Study: Azure Migration for E-commerce Optimization Company
Problem An international e-commerce optimization company needed additional storage to accommodate its growing amount of data. When they attempted to purchase more storage capacity, they were faced with licensure issues due to hosting key functionalities on two separate infrastructures – Oracle and SQL Server. Solvaria worked with the business and IT to perform an analysis of the current space requirements
January 16, 2020
Best Practices for SQL Server Deadlocks
What Are SQL Server Deadlocks, And How Can You Avoid Them? Slow queries can negatively impact your users and systems when retrieving data from the database. SQL Server deadlocks happen when two queries are trying to retrieve the same pieces of information, and each query already has locked a piece of information the other needs. Query optimization can help the with speed