Michael Hotek

Michael Hotek is an independent consultant who specializes in replication implementation, disaster recovery, and performance tuning. He manages http://mssqlserver.com and is a SQL Server MVP.
Email: mhotek@mssqlserver.com

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High Availability Solutions

By Michael Hotek, 09/18/2003

SQL Server 2000 provides three technologies that you can use to build highly available systems. But availability is more than technology. This article can help you put all the ...

Disaster Recovery Means Availability, Too

By Michael Hotek, 09/18/2003

Some IT executives are unwilling to spend money on disaster recovery, though they see the profit in high availability. But you can't have available systems if you can't recover ...

Essential SQL Server Tools

By Michael Hotek, 05/13/2003

Look to third-party vendors to supplement some of the functionality of built-in SQL Server tools.

Database Replication

By Michael Hotek, 01/24/2002

Looking for an effective database-replication solution? Here’s a concise product guide that you can use to get your search off the ground.

Database Replication

By Michael Hotek, 12/19/2001

Let geographically dispersed employees access a single set of data.

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