Why You Shouldn’t Use an Intel Xeon Silver Processor for SQL Server
Processor-based licensing means selecting hardware carefully for good performance.
2019-05-03
Processor-based licensing means selecting hardware carefully for good performance.
2019-05-03
Small form-factor (SFF) machines have emerged as a major growth segment in the desktop PC market. Performance per watt is an important metric for such systems. Intel has pretty...
2019-04-26
Introduction Earlier this week, I bought a new HP Spectre x360 13-AP0023DX convertible laptop at Best Buy. I have often criticized Best Buy as a bad place to buy...
2019-04-25
Intel's latest SSD caching solution using 3D XPoint memory is here. This time, the Optane cache is paired with QLC NAND flash, and all bundled onto one M.2 module...
2019-04-22
You may have heard of Intel Optane Technology, but perhaps you aren’t quite sure what that term actually refers to, and whether it is relevant for SQL Server. Unfortunately,...
2019-04-14
When Intel announced the new Cascade Lake family as officially launched last week, it added a new product segment to its portfolio – the ‘Application Processor’ or AP. These...
2019-04-08
At least two retailers from the US on Friday have started to take pre-orders on Intel’s Optane DC Persistent Memory modules and therefore had to reveal their prices. Today...
2019-04-05
Lexar this week introduced its first external SSDs featuring a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C interface. The SL100 Pro drives are lightweight, miniature, and offer a read speed of...
2019-04-05
Glen Berry talks through a number of useful new developments in hardware, storage, and the Microsoft Windows and SQL Server ecosystem.
2016-05-23
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You have been asked to deploy a brand new SQL Server instance. Your management asks you to come up with the best balance of availability, performance and cost for SQL Server. Richard Vantrease has some recommendations.
2014-06-05
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By Steve Jones
I had mentioned some new T-SQL functions for SQL Server 2022 and a commenter...
This post comes off the back of my last, where I looked at issues...
By Vinay Thakur
As this is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) World, things are changing. We can see that...
In today’s connected world, a reliable network is the backbone of any successful business....
A while into install I get a Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server....
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