Tech Tips, Tricks & Trivia

I recently took a quiz using the Chrome browser. After submitting my answers, I was curious to read the explanations for the answers that I got wrong on the subsequent results page. As I had to multi-task, I had to switch to another activity & when I got back to the tab with the results, annoyingly Chrome automatically refreshed the page and content was gone! I discovered that this is actually caused by an experimental feature called Tab Discarding in Chrome that seeks to conserve its memory footprint. Unfortunately, the user has to pay the price for Chrome's self-maintenance job which is enabled by default. If you find this feature annoying rather than helpful, here's how you can disable it - * Go to chrome://flags/#automatic-tab-discarding in Google Chrome. * In the section titled “Automatic tab discarding,” change Default to Disabled. * Click “Relaunch Now” to relaunch Chrome and apply the change. Chrome will no longer discard your unused tabs. Disabling th...

This Week I Learned - * SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure is recommended for SQL Server running on Windows Azure Virtual Machines. It stores the metadata in the msdb database and uses system jobs to write full database and transaction log backups. SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure can be configured at the database level or at configured with default settings for an instance of SQL Server. *  The Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), designed an Internet-based ticketing system. Initially, tickets were delivered by courier to customers and in they moved to a completely web-based e-ticketing system where tickets could be printed using a web-based application.  Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) uses Pivotal GemFire, a distributed in-memory database which is part of Pivotal Big Data Suite, to support high concurrent transactions for reservations and ticket purchases in the newly launched Indian Railways next generation e-ticket...

The following table from the SAP on Azure Solutions home page summarizes what's supported & certified - SAP Product Licensing Database Operating System SAP-certified VMs Storage Support SAP NetWeaver Bring your own license SQL Server, Oracle (Windows and Oracle Linux only), DB2, SAP ASE Windows SUSE Linux Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux A5 to A11 D11 to D14 DS11 to DS14 DS11_v2 to DS15_v2 GS1 to GS5 M-series Premium storage 32 GB–4 TB (recommended for DB and I/O intensive workloads) Standard storage 32 GB–4 TB Managed Disks are recommended Pro Direct Premier Business All-in-One Business Suite Software Windows SUSE Linux Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux Oracle Linux BusinessObjects BI N/A Windows SAP HANA, SAP Business Suite on HANA, SAP S/4HANA (OLTP workloads) SAP HANA SUSE Linux Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux M64s, M64ms, M128s, M128ms SAP BW on HANA, SAP BW/4HANA (OLAP workloads) M64s,...