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Common SQL Server Mishaps

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This article will expand on my previous article and point out how these apply to SQL Server , Azure SQL Database , and Azure SQL Managed Instance. When looking at backups, I check for recovery model and the current history of backups for each database. Azure SQL Database and Azure Managed Instance have managed backups.

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Is Intel Doomed in the Server CPU Space?

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This made it easier for database professionals to make the case for a hardware upgrade, and made the typical upgrade more worthwhile. They will also have up to 256MB of L3 cache per processor. You might be asking why you should care about all of this as a SQL Server Database professional? Figure 2: AMD EPYC Rome Processor.

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