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SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

You're reading from SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines A hands-on guide to provisioning Microsoft SQL Server on Azure VMs

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800204591

Length 200 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Servers

Authors (7):

Louis Davidson

John Martin

Tim Radney

Anthony Nocentino

Allan Hirt

Joey D'Antoni

Randolph West

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

About SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

1. Introduction to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

2. Getting started with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines FREE CHAPTER

3. Hero capabilities of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

4. SQL Server on Linux in Azure Virtual Machines

5. Performance

6. Moving workloads to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

7. Hybrid scenarios (Microsoft SQL IaaS)

Index

Appendix A

SQL Server performance in Azure VMs

Many customers are concerned about how their critical workloads will perform after migrating to the public cloud. Given the multitude of VM types available within Azure, there is an extremely wide range of performance options. You can build a VM that's as small as 1 CPU and 0.75 GB of RAM all the way to 416 vCPUs and 12 TB of memory. Beyond that, each VM has a specific limit on storage and network bandwidth and the number of IOPS that the VM can perform. It is important when you are planning a migration to monitor your on-premises workloads so that you can make your Azure footprint the right size. This is particularly important for a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as SQL Server, which is I/O and memory intensive and does not offer easy horizontal scale options such as a web or application tier. Typically, if you have to increase the performance of SQL Server, you have two choices: purchase more hardware or optimize your queries...

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Authors (7)

Joey D'Antoni

Joey D'Antoni

Joseph D'Antoni is a Principal Consultant at Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting. He is recognized as a VMWare vExpert and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has over 20 years of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He has worked extensively on database platforms and cloud technologies and has specific expertise in performance tuning, infrastructure, and disaster recovery.

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Randolph West

Randolph West

Randolph West, founder of Born SQL, is an independent IT consultant, speaker, Calgary PASS user group leader, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and lead author of the book SQL Server 2019 Administration Inside Out. Randolph specializes in SQL Server performance tuning, disaster recovery, and migrations from really old versions, with an emphasis on implementing best practices. Randolph has presented at PASS Summit, SQLBits, SQL Saturdays, and user groups. You can also find Randolph acting and directing on screen or the stage, or annoying people on Twitter. Do not trust Randolph around chocolate.

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Tim Radney

Tim Radney

Tim is a Data Platform MVP. He has presented at PASS, SQLintersection, Microsoft Ignite, SQL Saturdays, user groups and numerous webinars. In addition, Tim runs the Columbus GA SQL Users Group, is a PASS Regional Mentor and was named a PASS Outstanding Volunteer. He's married with three children and has a passion for electronics. He also farms chickens, crops, and tilapias in his spare time.

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Anthony Nocentino

Anthony Nocentino

Anthony Nocentino is the Founder and President of Centino Systems as well as a Pluralsight author and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Linux Expert, and Corporate Problem Solver. Anthony designs solutions, deploys the technology, and provides expertise on system performance, architecture, and security. Anthony has a Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science with research publications in high performance/low latency data access algorithms and spatial database systems. You can find him on Twitter @nocentino.

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John Martin

John Martin

John is an experienced data platform professional having spent over a decade working with the Microsoft data and cloud platform technologies. In this time John has learned how to get the most out of these platforms as well as the key pitfalls that should be avoided.

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Allan Hirt

Allan Hirt

SQLHA, LLC founder, consultant, trainer, author, and business continuity, infrastructure, and virtualization expert Allan Hirt has been working with SQL Server since 1992 when it was still a Sybase product as well as clustering in Windows Server since the late 1990s when it was known as Wolfpack. Currently a dual Microsoft MVP (Data Platform; Cloud and Datacenter Management) as well as a VMware vExpert, Allan works with all sizes of customers no matter if they are on premises or in the public cloud and delivers training and speaks at events over the world.

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Louis Davidson

Louis Davidson

Louis Davidson is a data architect for CBN in Virginia Beach, VA; telecommuting for many years from Cleveland, TN (which is not even as glamourous as it sounds.) Louis has written and contributed to many books on SQL Server topics over the past 20 years. His most prominent work has been five editions of his book entitled: "Pro SQL Server Relational Database Design and Implementation" for Apress in 2016, with a new version forthcoming in 2020. Louis has been a speaker at many SQL Saturday events, and has helped organize events in Nashville and Chattanooga, TN.

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