Bare Metal

Today Steve talks about bare metal servers and virtual machines. He wonders if any of you still run bare metal.

How Hard is Kubernetes?

Mercedes has taken advantage of containers and Kubernetes to build knowledge in their staff. This investment helps them adapt and change their technology to meet the needs of the business.

How to run Kubernetes clusters locally on Windows

Kubernetes production clusters are typically run on cloud platforms. However, running and deploying Kubernetes applications on cloud platforms such as Google Kubernetes Engine is costly. These high costs can restrict the Kubernetes learning process for beginners. However, running Kubernetes clusters locally helps you efficiently test applications without disrupting the production environment or paying for cloud services.

Changing a Container Collation

SQL Server VM Best Practices

In this article we look at some of the things you should be aware of when building a VM to run SQL Server, such as vCPUs, disks, memory and more.

Docker Desktop on Windows 10 for SQL Server : Step by Step

This short article explains how to quickly run SQL Server in a Docker container, for both Windows and Linux.

Container Logs

Container Images

The Ease of Containers

Containers have changed how to develop and deploy software. They haven't caught on with databases as much, but Steve thinks this will change.

Required Environment Variables