Mount an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Account in Databricks
In this article we will walk through a clear end-to-end process of securely mounting an ADLS gen2 account in Databricks.
2021-09-17
Storage
Simple Talk Storage 101 by Robert Sheldon
The only way to derive meaning from the massive amounts of data collected today is to develop innovative high-performing, high-capacity storage solutions. In this book, Robert Sheldon explains the many types of storage currently available and what's on the way.
2021-06-11
Azure Storage: Blob and Data Lake Storage Gen2
Introduction Azure Storage is the service for storing different types of data. A storage account is created first. The storage account provides a unique namespace for different types of Azure storage data accessible from anywhere in the world over HTTP or HTTPS. Data in the Azure storage account is durable and highly available, secure, and […]
2021-06-14 (first published: 2021-05-01)
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Storage 101: RAID
RAID has been around since the 90s to ensure performance and reliability of storage. Robert Sheldon explains the history and theory behind RAID.
2021-03-11
Azure Blob Storage Data Upload with SSIS
In this article we look at how to upload and download files from Azure Storage using SQL Server Integration Services.
2021-01-15
Storage 101: Modern Storage Technologies
In this article of the series, Robert Sheldon discuses emerging trends in storage like virtual SANs, intelligent storage, computational storage and storage-class memory.
2020-06-05
Storage 101: Understanding the Hard-Disk Drive
In this article in the series, Robert Sheldon provides a deep dive into HDDs.
2020-03-09
DBA Walkthrough – Adding space on IBM AIX Power Machines
Learn how to manage storage/filesystems on IBM AIX - Power machines. Learn from this demo of expanding a filesytem on AIX so that your DBA's get a high level overview of how AIX storage management works.
2019-05-21
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The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
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