SQL Server According to Bob

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Please check out these new resources for SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server on Linux and Docker: Brk2045 upgrade sql server 2017 (on prem, iaa-s and paas) from Bob Ward. With the 2017 PASS Summit approaching next week, I thought it would be helpful to provide for you my list of resources when it comes to SQL Server 2017, which we announced for General Availability on October 2nd. SQL Server 2017 Release Notes. bobsql blog posts on SQL Server 2017.

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Brendan Gregg

MAY 16, 2017

I've now worked at Netflix for over three years. Time flies! I previously wrote about Netflix in [2015] and [2016], and if you are interested in what it's like to work here, I already covered much in those posts. As before, no one at Netflix has asked me to write this, and this is my personal blog and not a company post. I'll start with some exciting news, describe what my job is really like, the culture and mission, and some work updates. ## 100 Million Subscribers!

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SQL Server According to Bob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Scott Guthrie and Rohan Kumar officially made the announcement today at Ignite that SQL Server 2017 will be generally available on October 2nd, 2017. Andrew Brust also wrote a very nice article detailing out all the great new features that come with SQL Server 2017. Stay tuned to hear more about SQL Server 2017 over the next several weeks both on our main SQL Server blog [link] and here at the bobsql blog: [link]. SQL Server 2017

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J. Paul Reed

JANUARY 24, 2017

I mentioned last week I’d have 2017 predictions for you… well, last week. So, what do I think 2017 will have in store for us? Prediction #1: DevOps Will Be Declared 1.0-STABLE This prediction was originally published in a larger T echBeacon piece on 2017 DevOps predictions. But we’ll see this mechanism happen in 2017. So ultimately, in 2017, Release Engineering will need to (continue?)

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Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Many people have contacted me recently about switching from Solaris (or illumos) to Linux, especially since most of the Solaris kernel team were let go this year (including my former colleagues, I'm sorry to hear). This includes many great engineers who I'm sure will excel in whatever they choose to work on next. They have been asking me about Linux because I've worked for years on each platform: Solaris, illumos, and Linux, in all cases full time and as a subject matter expert.

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SQL Server According to Bob

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Please check out a new blog post I created detailing how SQL Server 2017 is Fast, Built-In. Look for more details on my blog post and the SQL Server Blog about some of these concepts and new features for performance for SQL Server 2017. I just presented on this topic at Ignite and will repeat this same session at the upcoming SQL 2017 PASS Summit. SQL Server 2017 Fast and the Furious

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Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Xen AWS 2017 In 2015, AWS launched c4, which used hardware virtualization for EBS volumes. This finally came to storage-optimized instance types in 2017 with the [i3 instance type], which used SR-IOV and the nvme storage driver. AWS Nitro 2017. --> As was announced at AWS re:Invent last night, and covered in Anthony Liguori's talk today ([CMP332]: video ), and the bare metal talk ([CMP330]: video ), the [c5 instance type] uses a new hypervisor called Nitro.

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Nick Desaulniers

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Martin had data comparing gcc to llvm from Q4 2015, but I wanted to see what the data looked like now in Q3 2017 and wanted to share my findings; simply rerunning the numbers. A blog post from a few years ago that really stuck with me was Martin Olsson’s Browser Engines 2015: Commit Rates and Active Developer Counts , where he shows information about the number of authors and commits to popular web browsers.

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Brendan Gregg

AUGUST 24, 2017

While all eyes and instruments were aimed at the total eclipse of August 21st, I had a video camera pointed in the opposite direction. I was hoping to catch changes in the landscape – perhaps the Moon's shadow as it raced by. This was filmed from on a road north east of Madras, Oregon, almost right on the center line. It was just an experiment that I wasn't going to share, but when I saw it afterwards I thought it might interest some.

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Alex Podelko

OCTOBER 3, 2017

This year it would be held on November 6-9, 2017 in New Orleans, LA. A lot of events are scheduled: Performance and Capacity Hackathon (which is $10 / free for the conference attendees), Performance Testing Workshop, CMG Training / Badge Program, and the CMG imPACt 2017 conference itself. I am very excited by the upcoming CMG imPACt performance and capacity conference.

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The Symphonia

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Serverless at re:Invent 2017 was originally published in The Symphonium on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. The light show at the re:Play party Another re:Invent has come and gone, and us mere AWS-using mortals are now rapidly trying to sort the wheat from the chaff of a heady harvest of announcements. It’s funny to think that AWS Lambda was announced at re:Invent only 3 years ago?—?the

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Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 30, 2017

My last talk for 2017 was at AWS re:Invent, on "How Netflix Tunes EC2 Instances for Performance," an updated version of my [2014] talk. WARNING: These tunables were developed in late 2017, for Ubuntu Xenial instances on EC2.**

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Alex Podelko

AUGUST 24, 2017

There was a rather heated discussion around A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in Testing by James Bach and Michael Bolton (referred below as the article and the authors – other references would be explicit). Here are a couple of places where it got fiercely attacked Reviewing “Context Driven Approach to Automation in Testing” by Chris McMahon. and Open letter to “CDT Test Automation” reviewers as well as in many other different places.

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The Symphonia

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Hello everyone, and welcome to the last Serverless Insights of 2017! Symphonia’s Serverless Insights — December 2017 was originally published in The Symphonium on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. This is the latest edition of our newsletter. To receive the email version please subscribe here.

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Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Xen AWS 2017 In 2015, AWS launched c4, which used hardware virtualization for EBS volumes. This finally came to storage-optimized instance types in 2017 with the [i3 instance type], which used SR-IOV and the nvme storage driver. AWS Nitro 2017. --> As was announced at AWS re:Invent last night, and covered in Anthony Liguori's talk today ([CMP332]: video ), and the bare metal talk ([CMP330]: video ), the [c5 instance type] uses a new hypervisor called Nitro.

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Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 31, 2017

My last talk for 2017 was at AWS re:Invent, on "How Netflix Tunes EC2 Instances for Performance," an updated version of my [2014] talk. WARNING: These tunables were developed in late 2017, for Ubuntu Xenial instances on EC2.** There was so much demand for it this year that I had three overflow rooms streaming it, and people still couldn't get in. (I I shouldn't let this go to my head, as there were 42,000 attendees at re:Invent looking for something to see!)

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Jos

JUNE 17, 2017

Image taken from the Chrome 60 blog post , which first appeared in “Web Performance: Leveraging the Metrics that Most Affect User Experience” at Google I/O 2017 Up until now we have been measuring performance through other metrics, mostly using the Navigation Timing API , which is also what Google Analytics uses for their Site Speed report.

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Software Architecture

AUGUST 24, 2017

Memcached is in-memory key value store whereas Redis is in-memory data structures store. Memcached supports only string data type which is ideal for storing read-only data. Redis supports almost all types of data. Redis can also be used as a messaging system such as pubsub. Memcached cannot be used as a pubsub system. Memcached is more memory efficient than Redis. Redis is more memory efficient only after you use hashes. Memcached is volatile store and Redis is non-volatile.

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Software Architecture

AUGUST 24, 2017

For a quick introduction on what Apache Cassandra is, take a look here. Consistency is a significantly large topic to cover in one part. So I’ll be completing it in 3 parts. This first part defines consistency in general, write consistency, read consistency, consistency levels (CL), immediate, eventual and tunable consistency. Consistency The topic and concept of consistency is very important when you work with a distributed database like Cassandra.

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Software Architecture

AUGUST 24, 2017

In part 1 , I introduced the basics of consistency in general, write consistency, read consistency, consistency levels (CL), immediate, eventual and tunable consistency. In this part 2, I will talk about how to achieve immediate and eventual consistency using different write and read consistency levels.

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Software Architecture

AUGUST 24, 2017

In part 2 , I explained how to achieve immediate and eventual consistency using different write and read consistency levels. In this part, I’ll go a bit deeper into understanding different configuration settings and consistency levels. Immediate Consistency with Write CL = ALL, Read CL = ONE The write request is sent to all replicas. Complete write operation is considered successful when all replicas respond a write success.

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Alex Podelko

AUGUST 15, 2017

An interesting discussion started around a very good post Open Source Load Testing Tool Review by Ragnar Lönn. Somehow the latest comment, which I got in my e-mail, didn’t get published. So I decided to copy the discussion as is and publish the comment (and my answer) here. Check the original post (as well as many other great posts) following the link above – but the discussion below is somewhat independent.

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All Things Distributed

JUNE 30, 2017

So much so, that in March 2017, we announced Amazon Connect, which is the result of nearly ten years of work to build cloud-based contact centers at scale to power customer service for more than 50 Amazon teams and subsidiaries, including Amazon.com, Zappos, and Audible. Customer service is central to the overall customer experience that all consumers are familiar with when communicating with companies.

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All Things Distributed

JUNE 20, 2017

Today, I am very excited to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in Hong Kong! The new region will give Hong Kong-based businesses, government organizations, non-profits, and global companies with customers in Hong Kong, the ability to leverage AWS technologies from data centers in Hong Kong. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region will have three Availability Zones and be ready for customers for use in 2018. Over the past decade, we have seen tremendous growth at AWS.

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All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In support of Amazon Prime Day 2017, the biggest day in Amazon retail history, DynamoDB served over 12.9 Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper , a milestone that made me reflect on how much innovation has occurred in the area of databases over the last decade and a good reminder on why taking a customer obsessed approach to solving hard problems can have lasting impact beyond your original expectations.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

2017 continues a busy year for AWS in the Middle East. They are also migrating 700 government websites, with more than 50 TB of data, onto AWS, helping them to meet their goal of decommissioning their hosting platform by the end of 2017. Today, I am excited to announce plans for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring an infrastructure Region to the Middle East!

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 15, 2017

Amazon today announced a new program that will make it free for tens of thousands of Alexa developers to build and host most Alexa skills using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Many Alexa skill developers currently take advantage of the AWS Free Tier, which offers one million AWS Lambda requests and up to 750 hours of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) compute time per month at no charge. However, if developers exceed the AWS Free Tier limits, they may incur AWS usage fees each month.

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 4, 2017

Today, I am very excited to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in the Nordics! The new region will give Nordic-based businesses, government organisations, non-profits, and global companies with customers in the Nordics, the ability to leverage the AWS technology infrastructure from data centers in Sweden. The new AWS EU (Stockholm) Region will have three Availability Zones and will be ready for customers to use in 2018. Over the past decade, we have seen tremendous growth at AWS.

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O'Reilly Software

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A process to build RESTful APIs that solve users’ needs with simplicity, reliability, and performance. Every piece of software exists to solve a real-world problem. Directly or indirectly. Most web APIs are consumed by client applications running on PCs, mobile devices, etc., which in turn are used by humans. Despite being consumed directly by machines, APIs are made to satisfy the needs of human beings, so designing them should follow a user-centered process, but often it doesn’t.

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All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Amazon ElastiCache embodies much of what makes fast data a reality for customers looking to process high volume data at incredible rates, faster than traditional databases can manage. Developers love the performance, simplicity, and in-memory capabilities of Redis, making it among the most popular NoSQL key-value stores. Redis's microsecond latency has made it a de facto choice for caching.

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 12, 2017

I am excited to announce that AWS is opening its first Mentor's Office at STATION F in Paris! The Mentor's Office is a workplace exclusively dedicated to meetings between AWS experts and the startups. STATION F is the world's biggest startup campus. With this special offer starting at the end of June, at the campus opening, AWS increases the support already available to startup customers in France.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Here is an example using the SQL Server SSMS 2017 against my SQL 2016 server. SQL 2016 SQL Server 2017 XEventBob Ward and I worked with our SQL Server Tool developers (thanks David) to enable ‘Q uick XE Trace ’ capabilities. The feature is available in the latest SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) release.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Current limitation: Engaging in a distributed transaction with SQL Server 2017 on Linux. SQL Server 2017 on Linux does not have distributed transaction support. However, SQL Server 2017 on Windows provides distributed transaction support allowing interactions with SQL Server 2019 on Linux. SQL Server 2017 ( Historical Information ). Linux SQL Server 2017 SQL Server on LinuxSQL Server 2019 CTP2.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 4, 2017

"Everything fails, all the time." A humble computer scientist once said. With all the resources we have today, it is easier for us to achieve fault-tolerance than it was many decades ago when computers began playing a role in critical systems such as health care, air traffic control and financial market systems. In the early days, the thinking was to use a hardware approach to achieve fault-tolerance. It was not until the mid-nineties that software fault-tolerance became more acceptable.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This article titled " Wie Unternehmen vom Vormarsch des maschinellen Lernens profitieren können " appeared in German last week in the "Digitaliserung" column of Wirtschaftwoche. When a technology has its breakthrough, can often only be determined in hindsight. In the case of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), this is different. ML is that part of AI that describes rules and recognizes patterns from large amounts of data in order to predict future data.

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 7, 2017

I will be returning this weekend to the US from a very successful AWS Summit in Sydney, so I have ample time to read during travels.

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All Things Distributed

MAY 19, 2017

Amazon Aurora: Design Considerations for HighThroughput Cloud-Native Relational Databases ", Alexandre Verbitski, Anurag Gupta, Debanjan Saha, Murali Brahmadesam, Kamal Gupta, Raman Mittal, Sailesh Krishnamurthy, Sandor Maurice, Tengiz Kharatishvili, Xiaofeng Bao, in SIGMOD '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Management of Data, Pages 1041-1052 May 14 – 19, 2017, Chicago, IL, USA

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O'Reilly Software

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Learn how to properly design RESTful APIs communication with clients, accounting for request structure, authentication, and caching. This series of articles shows you how to derive an easy-to-use, robust, efficient API to serve users on the web or on mobile devices. We are using the principles of RESTful architecture over HTTP. In the first piece, we started from a list of specs for a simple bike rental service, defining URLs and the HTTP methods to serve the app.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 10, 2017

More and more we see stories appearing, like this one in HBR by MIT Media Lab's Joi Ito and crew. It praises the power of blockchain as a disruptive technology, on par with how "the internet" changed everything. I am always surprised to see that these far-reaching predictions are made, without diving into the technology itself. This weekend I would like to read about some of the technologies that predate blockchain, as they are its fundamental building blocks.

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O'Reilly Software

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

How software architects can balance technical proficiencies with an appropriate mastery of communication. One of the demographics Brian and I noticed in the several O'Reilly Software Architecture Conferences we've hosted is the Accidental Architect : someone who makes architecture-level decisions on projects without a formal Architect title. Over time, we're building more material into the conference program to accommodate this common role.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 30, 2017

This weekend I am travelling to Australia for the first AWS Summit of 2017. I find on such a long trip, to keep me from getting distracted, I need an exciting paper that is easy to read. Last week's 'Deep Learning' overview would have not met those requirements. One topic that always gets me excited is how to take computer science research and implement it in production systems. There are often so many obstacles that we do not see much of this work happening.

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All Things Distributed

JUNE 28, 2017

This article titled " Wartet nicht auf Perfektion – lernt aus euren Fehlern! appeared in German last week in the "Digitaliserung" column of Wirtschaftwoche. "Man errs as long as he doth strive." " Goethe, the German prince of poets, knew that already more than 200 years ago. His words still ring true today, but with a crucial difference: Striving alone is not enough. You have to strive faster than the rest.

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All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2017

Today, I'm excited to announce the general availability of Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) , a fully managed, highly available, in-memory cache that can speed up DynamoDB response times from milliseconds to microseconds, even at millions of requests per second. You can add DAX to your existing DynamoDB applications with just a few clicks in the AWS Management Console – no application rewrites required.

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