[bksvol-discuss] Re: Really technical
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:16:04 -0700
Hi, Roger, you're absolutely right and my brain played me false. I knew that
the AFL stood for American Federation of Labor. I think that's right, isn't
it (unless my brain goofed again [mortified grimace, if there is such a
thing]. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 9:08 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Really technical
Correction, that's Congress of Industrial Organizations.
_ _ _
"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most
- that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial
tasks, have the least." - Eugene V. Debs
The Militant:
http://www.themilitant.com
Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International:
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 11:54 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Really technical
> Hi, Chela, thanks for replying. You see, when a lot of acronyms get flung
> around in one message, I'm not always sure what they stand for. For
> instance, when I saw CIO, it automatically made me think of the AFL/CIO
> (in
> this case CIO stands for Congress of International Organizations, and I
> didn't think that's what your email was talking about). I'm glad you and
> other people on this list understand this stuff which means I get to ask
> you
> all those obvious questions which aren't necessarily obvious to me (grin).
> Regards, Kim Friedman.
>
> _____
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chela Robles
> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 10:26 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Really technical
>
>
> SQL is
> Abbreviation of structured query language, and pronounced either see-kwell
> or as separate letters. SQL is a standardized query language for
> requesting
> information from a database. The original version called SEQUEL
> (structured
> English query language) was designed by an IBM research center in 1974 and
> 1975. SQL was first introduced as a commercial database system in 1979 by
> Oracle Corporation.
>
> Historically, SQL has been the favorite query language for database
> management systems running on minicomputers and mainframes. Increasingly,
> however, SQL is being supported by PC database systems because it supports
> distributed databases (databases that are spread out over several computer
> systems). This enables several users on a local-area network to access the
> same database simultaneously.
>
> Although there are different dialects of SQL, it is nevertheless the
> closest
> thing to a standard query language that currently exists. In 1986, ANSI
> approved a rudimentary version of SQL as the official standard, but most
> versions of SQL since then have included many extensions to the ANSI
> standard. In 1991, ANSI updated the standard. The new standard is known as
> SAG SQL.
>
> DBA is
>
> Short for database administrator is is the title given to the person
> responsible for managing many aspects of a database including archiving,
> performance, security, testing, and other tasks.
>
> CIO is
>
> Short for Chief Information Officer, CIO is a job title given to someone
> within an enterprise who heads, at the executive board level, information
> technology within an organization. The CIO is largely responsible for the
> computer systems and the information technology (IT) that support the
> organization, and works within the organization's budget to oversee the IT
> implementation, often reporting to the organization's CFO (Chief Financial
> Officer). Within the organization, the job of a CIO is to overall derive
> greater demonstrable business value from IT spent. CIO is a job title that
> is most commonly used in the military, enterprise and larger business
> organizations.
> And CEO is loike what President and founder Jim Fructerman is to Bookshare
> if that makes sense.--
>
> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>
> sophisticated, but when you get the two of them together in a way
>
> people can relate to, then I think you're on to something. You want
>
> the sophistication to lie in the purity of the sound, the beauty of
>
> the arrangements, and the quality of the performances."-Trumpeter
>
> Chris Botti
>
> --
>
> Chela Robles
>
> AIM and E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Skype: jazzytrumpet
>
> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I Volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to find
>
> out more go to: http://www.bookshare.org
>
> --
>
> On 8/7/2010 6:13 AM, Kim Friedman wrote:
>
> Chela, in your explanation, you mention SQL, DBA, CIO, CEO ... I have no
> idea what these acronyms stand for. The explanation is getting very
> complicated. Regards, Kim Friedman. P.S.: Your writing to someone who
> doesn't understand this stuff. K.
>
> _____
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chela Robles
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:05 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Really technical
>
>
> In information technology, a dashboard is a user interface that, somewhat
> resembling an automobile's dashboard, organizes and presents information
> in
> a way that is easy to read. However, a computer dashboard is more likely
> to
> be interactive than an automobile dashboard (unless it is also
> computer-based). To some extent, most graphical user interfaces (GUI
>
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> .html>
>
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> .html>s) resemble a dashboard. However, some product developers
> consciously
> employ this metaphor (and sometimes the term) so that the user instantly
> recognizes the similarity.a product might obtain information from the
> local
> operating system in a computer, from one or more applications that may be
> running, and from one or more remote sites on the Web and present it as
> though it all came from the same source. Hewlett Packard developed the
> first
> such product, which began as a tool for customizing Windows desktops.
> Called
> /Dashboard/, the HP product was subsequently acquired by Borland and then
> a
> company called Starfish. Microsoft's /Digital Dashboard/ tool incorporates
> Web-based elements (such as news, stock quotes, and so on) and corporate
> elements (such as e-mail, applications, and so on) into Outlook.
> Dashboards
> may be customized in a multitude of ways and named accordingly, generally,
> for example as a general /corporate/ or enterprise
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> <http://searchWinIT.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci212065,00.html>
> dashboard, or more specifically, as a CIO
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> <http://searchCIO.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid182_gci213620,00.html>
> or
> CEO
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> <http://searchCIO.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid182_gci1271045,00.html>
> dashboard.
>
> A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network
> devices
> or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that
> look somewhat like an automobile dashboard.
>
>
> What is the SQL Server DBA Dashboard?
>
> The SQL Server DBA dashboard tool is both a DBA and a TSQL programmer
> tool.
> The main goal of this tool is to allow DBAs and programmers to quickly
> identify performance, SQL Agent and disk space issues associated with a
> single instance of SQL Server. The dashboard tool can be installed and run
> against any SQL Server 2005 SP2 or SQL Server 2008 instance.
>
> The dashboard provides 39 different performance and disk space related
> reports with a single click from the main dashboard page. These different
> reports provided information in the following areas:
>
> * Identifies the worst performing TSQL Statement and Stored Procedures,
> based on different criteria like CPU, I/O and elapsed time
> * Performance counter measurements
> * Shows summarized and detailed SQL Server Agent Job failures
> * Displays CPU consumption overtime
> * Reports on Index Fragmentation
> * I/O usage by database <#>
> * Tracks backup history
> * Tables without indexes
> * Unused and missing Indexes
>
> There are two different dashboards within the SQL Server DBA <#>
> Dashboard.
> There is one dashboard for DBAs and another one with a subset of reports
> targeted for SQL Server programmers/developers <#>. The main reason for
> having two different dashboards has to do with permission. The
> programmer/developer dashboard only requires "VIEW SERVER STATE"
> permissions; where as the SQL Server DBA Dashboard requires "sysadmin"
> permissions.
>
>
> Architecture/Components that make up the SQL Server DBA Dashboard:
>
> The dashboard is made up of a single DLL, a database (SS_DBA_Dashboard), a
> SQL Server Agent job and a series of Reporting Services RDL files. As
> already stated the SQL Server DBA Dashboard contains two different
> dashboards, one for DBAs and another for programmers.
>
> The DLL file contains most of the code used to obtain the information
> displayed in the dashboard reports. The DLL assembly is used to create
> external stored procedures in the SS_DBA_Dashboard database. In additions
> to
> SPs being created in this database there are a couple of tables to hold a
> small number of statistical records. This database should grow very
> little,
> if any after the first use of the dashboard.
>
> The DLL and database needs to be installed on each SQL Server instance you
> want to monitor with the dashboard tool. The RDL files can be stored in a
> single location or multiple locations. The RDL files are designed to only
> to
> be executed from within SQL Server Management Studio. In fact, only two
> RDL
> files "DBA_Dashboard_Main.rdl" and "Programmer_Dashboard_Main.rdl" files
> should be referenced when bringing up a Custom Report from within SSMS.
> These two RDL files pass parameters to the other RDL files, so if you try
> to
> invoke the other RDL files directly from SSMS they will fail.
>
> Any instance where the DLL and SS_DBA_Dashboard have been installed can be
> monitored using the two dashboards. The two main RDL files mentioned above
> can be rendered on any client computer that has SSMS installed. The only
> requirement is that the client computer be running SQL Server SP2, the
> user/computer can access the RDL files, a valid registration can be made
> between the client computer and the server being monitored with SSMS, and
> the user using the dashboard has the permission to execute the SPs in the
> SS_DBA_Dashboard database.
>
>
>
> **
>
>
> --
> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
> sophisticated, but when you get the two of them together in a way
> people can relate to, then I think you're on to something. You want
> the sophistication to lie in the purity of the sound, the beauty of
> the arrangements, and the quality of the performances."-Trumpeter
> Chris Botti
> --
> Chela Robles
> AIM and E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
> Skype: jazzytrumpet
> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx
> I Volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to find
> out more go to: http://www.bookshare.org
> --
>
>
> On 8/6/2010 1:44 PM, Kim Friedman wrote:
>> Hi,
> I read this message about dashboards (the computer ones, not the
>> ones in
> cars), and I haven't the faintest idea what one is supposed
>> to do when
> encountering a dashboard. I'm afraid I think: "huh? What
>> is that for?
> Why do they call it a dashboard?" In short, this is
>> beyond my purview
> and I'm stumped. Can someone explain this dashboard
>> thing to me in
> simple terms and show me what you'd do if you came
>> across one? I'm
> willing to learn. Regards, a confused Kim Friedman.
>>
>>
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