Arun Sirpal

I am a Senior DBA with interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During 2015 I was mentored by Paul Randal – Data Platform (SQL Server) MVP and during 2016 I completed my SQLskills Immersion training on Internals and Performance Tuning. When I am not working I am in the gym burning calories.

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Azure Redis Cache – Persistent Data

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I mentioned before that you could use the idea of data persistency to rebuild your data from total failure. There are two types. RDB and AOF. RDB – persists...

2022-04-28

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Azure Redis Cache – scaling

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Let’s assume that you started off with the lower editions and capacity with Redis and your developers tell you to scale the Redis cluster. Well first to use a...

2022-04-25

31 reads

Tips for Azure Redis Cache

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

My learnings on Redis thus far which you may find useful: Location of Redis should be close to your app. Data structures within Redis, larger key value sizes lead...

2022-04-19

14 reads

Azure Redis Commands

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Now that we have created our Redis Cache lets connect to it. You can use the most common tool redis cli.exe https://redis.io/download or as I am going to do,...

2022-04-14

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Building Azure Redis Cache

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Let’s go through a Redis build process. It will be fun. Within Azure find Redis / search for it. Fill in the basics (location should be where your app...

2022-03-23

57 reads

Azure Redis Cache Intro

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Redis Cache is a well know caching technology and you can run it in Azure as a fully managed service. A common requirement (the most basic one) is doing...

2022-03-21

23 reads

Microsoft Defender for open-source relational DB

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

If you navigate to the overview section of your MySQL server you will see a notification area, here you will find security section. It’s basically an area to provide...

2022-03-08

14 reads

MySQL server Query Store

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

The query store, sounds familiar? The idea of the black box sitting within the database server watching what is going on within the environment. This is available within MySQL,...

2022-03-03

151 reads

Azure DB for MySQL – Replication

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

No doubt there will be a need for you to split off your analytical queries from the main database for performance reasons. If you have been following me in...

2022-02-15

28 reads

Azure DB for MySQL – server parameters

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

If you have used MySQL before you will know about the system server variables, you know such commands as SHOW VARIABLES; You can access most of them via the...

2022-02-10

55 reads

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Arun Sirpal

Azure Redis Cache – Persistent Data

Azure Redis Cache – scaling

Tips for Azure Redis Cache

Azure Redis Commands

Building Azure Redis Cache

Azure Redis Cache Intro

Microsoft Defender for open-source relational DB

MySQL server Query Store

Azure DB for MySQL – Replication

Azure DB for MySQL – server parameters

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