There have been a lot of blog posts and articles written about the Delayed Durability feature in SQL Server 2014. Here are a couple of them to get you started. Delayed Durability in SQL Server 2014 by SQL Server MVP/Regional Director and SQLSkills CEO Paul Randal (blog | Twitter) Delayed Durability in SQL Server 2014 by […]
In a previous blog post, I’ve demonstrated how to install and configure a 2-node SQL Server 2012 failover clustered instance (FCI.) As a follow-up, below is a video on how to install and configure a multi-subnet/geographically dispersed SQL Server 2012 (and higher) FCI. When SQL Server 2012 introduced the support for multi-subnet clustering, there have been […]
In a previous blog post, I talked about Partition-Level Online Index Operations in SQL Server 2014 and how it affects high availability and disaster recovery. With more features being added in every new version of SQL Server, it’s important to understand how its implementation will affect your overall objectives. One feature that got a lot […]
One of the cool features introduced in SQL Server 2014 was the ability to perform an online index rebuild of a single partition. Prior to SQL Server 2014, the only way to rebuild indexes for a partitioned table was to do it on all of the partitions (or, simply put, rebuild the entire index on […]
With less than a year before SQL Server 2005 extended support ends, customers can start planning for upgrading their databases to SQL Server 2014. In a previous blog post, I talked about how to integrate Microsoft Product Lifecycle and Support Policies into IT Operations which concluded with planning upgrades and migration based on the version of […]