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Is Intel Doomed in the Server CPU Space?

SQL Performance

A close monitoring of the hardware enthusiast community, including many of the most respected hardware analysts and reviewers paints an even more dire picture about Intel in the server processor space. This made it easier for database professionals to make the case for a hardware upgrade, and made the typical upgrade more worthwhile.

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SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster Announcement

SQL Server According to Bob

My development collogues and I are starting a regular blog series, outlining the vast range of scalability improvements, allowing SQL Server 2016 to run across a wide array of hardware configurations, faster and better than previous releases of SQL Server. SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: In-Memory Optimized Database Worker Pool.

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Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

s announcement of Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server and.NET support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk marks another important step in our commitment to increase the flexibility for AWS customers to use the choice of operating system, programming language, development tools and database software that meet their application requirements.

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Finding Distinct Values Quickly

SQL Performance

I will be using the 50GB Stack Overflow 2013 database , but any large table with a low number of distinct values would do. The Stack Overflow 2013 database comes without nonclustered indexes to minimize download time. This follow-up post revisits the question for SQL Server 2019, using a larger number of rows. Test Environment.

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Common SQL Server Mishaps

SQL Performance

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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Strongly Type Those Table-Valued Parameters

SQL Performance

Table-valued parameters have been around since SQL Server 2008 and provide a useful mechanism for sending multiple rows of data to SQL Server, brought together as a single parameterized call. Where this really can make a difference is in cloud implementations where you are paying for more than just compute and storage resources.

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AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processors and SQL Server

SQL Performance

Single-Socket Database Servers. It will also use less power than a two-socket Intel server, with a lower hardware cost, and potentially lower licensing costs (for things like VMware). AMD is definitely pushing the idea that a one-socket AMD Ryzen 7002 based server is a superior replacement for nearly any two-socket Intel-based server.

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