2
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1answer
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Remove an IP address from server config

What is the safe way to remove an old IP address from SQL Server configuration? The scenario is, I have a server with 2 NIC's that should have been configured for teaming but weren't at the time SQL ...
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2answers
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SQL Server: Should we use TCP or Named Pipes or use the default?

When connecting to a SQL Server 2008 R2 from a .NET 4 client application on a different server in the same LAN, one can set three different network protocols: TCP Named Pipes Don't set anything in ...
2
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1answer
656 views

Connection to localhost dramatically slower than to network server

I have an Excel VBA application that connects to a SQL Server 2008 R2 database through ADODB. When I'm on the network at work, the connection is almost instantaneous. When I am at home working with ...
2
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1answer
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Where do I find the meaning of TdsInputBufferError numbers?

We are having some sporadic connection errors on some of our SQL servers. I did some searching and found out about the Ring Buffer in SQL 2008 R2 and found some information, but I am not entirely sure ...
3
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2answers
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TdsInputBufferError not 0 in LoginTimers errors of RING_BUFFER_CONNECTIVITY of sys.dm_os_ring_buffers

I've got an issue with SQL Server. The value of TdsInputBufferError is not 0 in LoginTimers errors of RING_BUFFER_CONNECTIVITY of sys.dm_os_ring_buffers. This happens randomly, once or twice a week, ...
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I/O requests taking longer than 15 seconds

Usually our weekly full backups finish in about 35 minutes, with daily diff backups finishing in ~5 minutes. Since tuesday the dailies have taken almost 4 hours to complete, way more than should be ...