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Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and SQL Server 2017
On July 11, 2017, Intel officially launched their new 14nm Intel Xeon Scalable Processor family (Skylake-SP) of server processors. This family replaces the previous generation of 14nm Intel Xeon E7 v4...
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New Azure SQL Database Standard Tier Sizes
Azure SQL Database currently has three service tiers to choose from for your workload. These tiers consist of Basic, Standard, and Premium. Basic supports only one size of 5 DTUs. Premium starts at 125...
View ArticlePerfect Storm for Upgrading to a Modern Version of SQL Server
A number of ongoing and upcoming developments in software, hardware, and storage technology are shaping up to make the next twelve to eighteen months an ideal time to migrate from a legacy version of...
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End of support for SQL Server 2008 & 2008 R2
If you are running SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2, what does July 9th, 2019 mean for you? With both of these versions of SQL Server reaching the end of their support lifecycle together, you will...
View ArticleCompatibility Levels and Cardinality Estimation Primer
Introduction Between 1998 and early 2014, SQL Server used one cardinality estimator (CE), but would introduce a new database compatibility level with every new major version of SQL Server, (with the...
View ArticleCommon SQL Server Mishaps
I've been teaching and writing about common SQL Server mistakes for many years. I wrote a blog about it years ago too, however as time has marched on, guidance has changed a bit. This article will...
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Is Intel Doomed in the Server CPU Space?
If you have been paying attention to the technology press over the past 12-18 months, you may have noticed a rather large number of negative stories about Intel's processor business. A close monitoring...
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tempdb Enhancements in SQL Server 2019
I have been making the same recommendations about tempdb since I started working with SQL Server over 15 years ago, when I was working with customers running version 2000. The gist of it: create...
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AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processors and SQL Server
On August 7, 2019, AMD finally unveiled their new 7nm EPYC 7002 Series of server processors, formerly code-named "Rome" at the AMD EPYC Horizon Event in San Francisco. This is the second generation...
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"0 to 60" : Switching to indirect checkpoints
In a recent tip, I described a scenario where a SQL Server 2016 instance seemed to be struggling with checkpoint times. The error log was populated with an alarming number of FlushCache entries like...
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