Virtualization Articles

Architecting MS SQL Server on VMware vSphere 8.0 released

I'm thrilled to announce that the "Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere" 8.0 best practices guide has been released! I'm pleased to have been able to contribute to this document. This document covers some very positive and significant changes VMware has...

VMware & SQL Server 823-824 alerts

We've been tracking a weird state with SQL Server virtual machines on VMware and possible warnings on database corruption while VM backups are running, largely centered around (but not isolated to) the tempdb database. TLDR: We've now got a VMware KB article on this...

Expert Series webinar – Understanding SQL Server on VMware Storage Options

I'm thrilled to be presenting a new session on SQL Server-on-VMware storage performance tuning as part one of four in the ActualTech Media Expert webinar series this Friday, March 4 2022, at 11am Central time. Any change that you make in SQL Server -- be it insert,...

Meet the Experts Webinar with Pavilion Data

Heraflux Technologies is co-presenting our “Ask the Experts” webinar with Pavilion Data on Wednesday, 9 February 2022 at 10am Pacific time, featuring David Klee, Heraflux’s Founder & Chief Architect (Microsoft Data Platform MVP and VMware vExpert) and Costa...