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SQL Server on Linux Series: Backing up over the network
One of the challenges with any SQL Server business continuity strategy is backing up your databases and logs on a frequent basis. With Windows, we’ve known how to accomplish this for years. But, with SQL Server on Linux, you can accomplish the same task with just a few different twists. It is similar to mounting a network share as a new driver letter in Windows. Let’s explore how to back up your databases to a network share with Linux!
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SQL Server on Linux Series: Additional Drives
One of the biggest differences with managing SQL Server Linux is with drive presentation. With Windows, we’d all scream if we saw a SQL Server with just one drive (C:) and everything piled on it. The same goes for any other operating system, including Linux. But, how do we get the additional drives added and configured properly? It’s (not) the easiest, but it’s straightforward! Let’s walk through it.
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24 Hours of PASS Session Slides Uploaded
David’s slide deck from the recent webinar series 24 Hours of PASS, Summit Preview session, where he presented a session called Virtual CPUs: Right to Ludicrous Speed, are now available for you to view up at SlideShare. Let us know if you have any questions! I hope to see you all at the PASS Summit later this year!
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Upcoming SQL Server User Group Presentations
Coming up in the next week David Klee be speaking at two New England area SQL Server user groups in the next few days! First, on Monday, July 24th, he will be at the Portsmouth, NH, SQL Server Users Group speaking on the newly announced SQL Server on Linux. It’s going to be a blast showing folks that SQL Server on Linux is a viable alternative for businesses out there.
Next, Tuesday, July 25th, he will be at the downtown Boston SQL Server Users Group tomorrow night for a session on Performance Tuning for SQL Server VMs. This session gets a little free-form, as we encourage all attendees to bring your specific questions, challenges, (mis)conceptions, opinions, etc. to the table and let it all out.
RSVP for these events if you’re in the area, and if not, ping us and let us know if your user group would like a presentation on these topics!
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24 Hours of PASS, Summit Preview Session
Heraflux is proud to announce that David Klee has been selected to present a session in this year’s 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview webinar series entitled Virtual CPUs: Right to Ludicrous Speed. This session is scheduled for July 20th, 2017, at 03:00 GMT, or July 19th at 11pm Eastern.
These webinar series are a sneak peek at some of the sessions to be presented at this year’s PASS Summit in Seattle the last week of October. These sessions are from world class speakers and authors who we have all been studying under for years, and now you can see them live!
Session abstract: One of the largest points of contention with virtual SQL Servers and the VM administrators is how to configure the CPUs. Experience says more CPUs are better for performance. VM admins say less is better. Third-party vendors say you need all of them (and it doesn’t matter how many your hosts have either). Can over-provisioning virtual machine CPUs speed things up, or does it slow things down? What is the right methodology to determine the correct number of virtual CPUs? How does this configuration align with the physical servers? From sampling and analyzing performance data, to “right-sizing’ your SQL Server virtual machine CPU count, to properly aligning the VM with the physical server NUMA topology, you will gain the understanding of how to properly manage and validate your virtual SQL Server vCPU configuration in this insightful session. Valuable tips and tricks will be shared that you can take back to your virtual SQL Servers and immediately apply to your own environments.
Register today to watch these sessions!
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