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How It Works (It Just Runs Faster): Non-Volatile Memory SQL Server Tail Of Log Caching on NVDIMM

SQL Server According to Bob

SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (all SKUs) , in combination with Windows Server 2016 (All SKUs) or Windows 10 Client introduces non-volatile memory support for the tail of the log file (LDF) which can significantly increase transaction throughput. SQL Server 2016 is designed to detect non-volatile storage devices.

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SQL Server On Linux: Forced Unit Access (Fua) Internals

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The operating system signals completion when the I/O stack finishes the request. Linux provides different system calls (syscall)/commands for asynchronous behavior. The block trace allows you to monitor I/O requests and the associated options being used. AIO | io_submit | Kernel I/O (kio). XEvents (Debug channel).

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