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Database mirroring on a clustered Sql Server instance
Mirroring is a high availability feature introduced in Sql Server 2005. Combining it with Sql Server cluster, it can buy an insurance policy for your high availability needs, if you will, in that cluster provides one layer of protection, and mirroring provides another layer. You can create a clustered Sql Server instance, which provides protection…
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Remote desktop into Windows 2003 Enterprise R2 SP2 in a home network
I have a home network, which consists of a Linksys Wireless-G broadband router. This router gives out dynamic IP addresses to laptops and workstations. I remember that when I had Windows 2003 standard installed on one workstation, I could remote into it using Terminal Service. I’ve since installed Windows 2003 Enterprise R2 SP2, and my…
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2007年夏北京之行流水帐之一
这次中国行是家人的第一次，所以我们主要去了天安门、故宫、长城、和颐和园等地。94年大学毕业后我去北京工作，到95年三、四月份回山东老家办护照以便赴美留学，因此我在北京呆的时间也不长。所以我对北京并不熟悉，没去过长城，不少地方我也觉得新鲜。 到北京感觉挺亲切的，因为我毕竟是北方人，懂得这儿的说话、思考、行为方式。甚至很多俚语都是相通的。实际上对我来说，我们国家任何一个地方我都会感到亲切，因为毕竟出去太久，并且不常回来。 我到京的第一顿饭：干锅豆腐 Toufu with pork bits in spicy source. It was good, would have been better if there were more veggies. The character 干 can cause amusing translations in English. Here it literally means “dry”, pronounced with the first tone. However, the same character, when pronounced with the fourth tone, can mean “to work”…
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Moon cakes of 2007
Like Prince Roy, I don’t like Chinese moon cakes during Mid-Autumn festival. This year, we got the following instead: They are cappuccino mousse, chocolate cheese cake, and tiramisu for me, our son and my better half respectively. Notice they are all round and tasty. Speaking of tasty stuff, would you like to try some of…
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Dream language
I was in Denver this week, attending the PASS conference. I always have a good time at PASS: connecting with old friends and making new ones. Plus, it never hurts to crash a few parties, drink some beer (Rock Bottom, just so so, in my opinion), and talk with people from different parts of the…