The SQL Server and Containers Guide
I’ve been blogging about running SQL Server in Docker containers for a while now and, to be honest, my blogs are scattered over a few years and some need...
2020-10-07 (first published: 2020-09-30)
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
New Pluralsight Course – Kubernetes Package Administration with Helm
My first course Kubernetes Package Administration with Helm has been published on Pluralsight and is now available! Check out the course overview here This course is aimed at anyone...
2020-08-25
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A kubectl plugin to decode secrets created by Helm
Last week I wrote a blog post about Decoding Helm Secrets. The post goes through deploying a Helm Chart to Kubernetes and then running the following to decode the...
2020-08-31 (first published: 2020-08-18)
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Decoding Helm Secrets
Helm is a great tool for deploying applications to Kubernetes. We can bundle up all our yaml files for deployments, services etc. and deploy them to a cluster with...
2020-08-19 (first published: 2020-08-10)
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SQL Server and Docker Compose
I used to think that Docker Compose was used solely to spin up multiple containers, in fact I blogged about doing just that here. That opinion changed when I...
2020-07-27 (first published: 2020-07-17)
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EightKB – Schedule published
Today we announced the schedule for EightKB EightKB was setup by Anthony Nocentino (b|t), Mark Wilkinson (b|t), and myself as we wanted to put on an event that delved...
2020-05-21 (first published: 2020-05-06)
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Running Azure SQL Database Edge on a Raspberry Pi
One of the coolest new projects out there is Azure SQL Database Edge: – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database-edge/ This allows SQL Server to run on ARM devices which will expand the range...
2020-04-22
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Running Azure SQL Database Edge on a Raspberry Pi
One of the coolest new projects out there is Azure SQL Database Edge: – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database-edge/ This allows SQL to run on ARM devices, just think how many devices are...
2020-04-22
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EightKB – A new virtual SQL Server event
With all the events that have been cancelled over the next few months due to the on-going COVID-19 crisis, Mark Wilkinson (b|t), Anthony Nocentino (b|t), and I wanted to...
2020-04-22 (first published: 2020-04-15)
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Adjusting pod eviction time in Kubernetes
One of the best features of Kubernetes is the built-in high availability. When a node goes offline, all pods on that node are terminated and new ones spun up...
2020-04-17 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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