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Explore SQL Server PolyBase External Tables in SQL Server Always On Availability Groups

SQL Shack

SQL Server PolyBase Introduction It is a new feature from SQL Server 2016 to query the relational and non-relational database using data virtualization techniques. Previously, to access data from […].

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Reinventing Performance Testing: New Architectures

Alex Podelko

I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. The answer to this challenge is service virtualization, which allows simulating real services during testing without actual access. – Cloud.

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Is MongoDB Open Source? Is Planet Earth Flat?

Percona

They came up with a horizontally scalable NoSQL database. Instead of relational (SQL) databases defined primarily through a hierarchy of related sets via tables and columns, their non-relational structure used a system of collections and documents. 2016: The company adds service-loaded MongoDB Professional to its mix.

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The SQL Server Basic Installer: Just Install It!

SQL Server According to Bob

Today we are introducing the new Basic Installer experience for SQL Server 2016 Express , SQL Server 2016 Developer , and SQL Server 2016 Evaluation Editions. We actually launched this functionality for SQL Server 2016 Express Edition when SQL Server 2016 RTM was announced but didn’t really promote this.

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AWS EC2 Virtualization 2017: Introducing Nitro

Brendan Gregg

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. It's an exciting development in cloud computing: hardware virtualization is now fast. Virtualized in Hardware**: Hardware support for virtualization, and near bare-metal speeds.

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SQL Server Mysteries: The Case of the Not 100% RESTORE…

SQL Server According to Bob

I recently visited a customer onsite and presented to them topics on SQL Server 2016. One question I got went like this “I’ve tried to restore a database on SQL Server using the WITH STATS option. We now have a new way of instrumenting the backup/restore process for any database or transaction log. OK, this is very cool.

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SQL Server Mysteries: The Case of the Not 100% RESTORE…

SQL Server According to Bob

I recently visited a customer onsite and presented to them topics on SQL Server 2016. One question I got went like this “I’ve tried to restore a database on SQL Server using the WITH STATS option. We now have a new way of instrumenting the backup/restore process for any database or transaction log. OK, this is very cool.

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