2019-05-22
Virtualization, containers, and k8s
Learning Containers
I find that I’m using containers more and more to get things done with SQL Server. They’re so easy to set up for testing, spin ’em up, do stuff,...
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2019-05-20
Data Persistency and Advanced SQL Server Disk Topologies in Kubernetes
When working with SQL Server in containers and Kubernetes storage is a key concept. In this post, we’re going to walk through how to deploy SQL Server in Kubernetes...
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2019-05-08
Deploying SQL Server to an Azure Container Instance using Terraform – Part One
A couple of weeks ago I attended John Martin’s (t) Terraform pre-con at Data in Devon. I’ve been hearing about Terraform recently so was excited to check it out....
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2019-05-08
Gathering VMWare Metrics
Anytime that you a large environment, gathering metrics in any form can be daunting and cumbersome. Using scripting languages can usually greatly improve the efficiency of this process as...
2019-04-26
SQL SERVER – Docker Volume and Persistent Storage
I have received some rave reviews of my article on SQL SERVER – How to Get Started with Docker Containers with Latest SQL Server?. It was amazing to hear...
2019-04-22
Building A Kubernetes Cluster For SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters Part 4: Persistent Storage Concepts
I was originally going to cover storage in its entirety in a single blog post. However, as storage and Kubernetes is the cause of a tremendous amount of confusion...
2019-04-11
Docker Platform Outlook: Anusha Ragunathan Talks Containers
Docker software engineer Anusha Ragunathan talks about what the year ahead holds in store for the Docker platform and container technology.
2019-04-10
Stairway to Database Containers Level 2: Persisting Storage in Containers
The second level of the Stairway to Database Containers looks at the basics of persisting storage in your containers.
2024-07-28 (first published: 2019-02-25)
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Stairway to Database Containers Level 1: Getting Started with Database Containers
In the first level of the Stairway to Database Containers, we learn how to get started with Docker for Windows, downloading an image, and starting a container.
2024-07-28 (first published: 2019-02-04)
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Backup to Immutable Storage
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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