2019-05-22
Virtualization, containers, and k8s
2019-05-22
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,...
The...
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...
The...
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....
The...
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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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
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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Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead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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