When running multiple SQL Server containers on a Docker host we should always be setting CPU and Memory limits for each container (see the flags for memory and cpus...
2021-08-18 (first published: 2021-08-06)
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I’ve been running a proof of concept for SQL Server on Kubernetes over the last year or so (ok, probably longer than that…hey, I’m a busy guy ?? )...
2021-07-26
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The schedule for EightKB Summer 2021 Edition has been announced! Here’s the schedule: – N.B. – I particularly like that if you click on the session on the website,...
2021-07-02 (first published: 2021-06-15)
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I’ve been interested (obsessed?) with running SQL Server in containers for a while now, ever since I saw how quick and easy it was to spin one up. That...
2021-05-24 (first published: 2021-05-17)
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Windows Subsystem for Linux is probably my favourite feature of Windows 10. It gives us the ability to run full blown linux distributions on our Windows 10 desktop. This...
2021-04-15 (first published: 2021-04-13)
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I really don’t like Powerpoint. I’ll do pretty much anything to avoid writing a presentation in it. Thankfully for the last few years there’s been a service called GitPitch...
2021-02-26 (first published: 2021-02-21)
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The next EightKB is coming on January 27th, kicking off at 2pm UTC. Once again we have 5 mind melting sessions on 5 in-depth SQL Server internals topics, from...
2021-01-13 (first published: 2021-01-07)
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In a previous post we went through how to setup a Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pis and then deploy Azure SQL Edge to it. In this post I want...
2020-12-16 (first published: 2020-12-07)
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There’s been a lot of conversations happening on twitter over the last couple of days due to the fact that Docker is deprecated in Kubernetes v1.20. If you want...
2020-12-03
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A project I’ve been meaning to work on for a while has been to build my own Kubernetes cluster running on Raspberry Pis. I’ve been playing around with Kubernetes...
2020-12-11 (first published: 2020-11-30)
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By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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