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SQL Server High Availability Scalability and Reliability

• Why Vecima Networks, Epworth HealthCare chose DxConsole

  Vecima Networks and Epworth HealthCare go through their separate checklists to pick their server application virtualization program -- DxConsole. Continue Reading

• The dark side of Microsoft SQL Server Express

  Don Jones explains why Microsoft SQL Server Express can be more dangerous than you'd think and why it might be worth it to invest in the paid edition. Continue Reading

• SQL Server 2014 columnstore index: the good, the bad and the clustered

  SQL Server 2014 adds options for the clustered and the nonclustered columnstore index. Robert Sheldon shares the good and the bad. Continue Reading

• SQL Server 2014 adds In-Memory OLTP power boost, hybrid cloud support

  Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 database includes a speed-boosting engine for in-memory processing and support for mixing cloud and on-premises data sets. Continue Reading

• SQL 2014: Investigating Microsoft's latest database release

  Experts and analysts discuss the release of SQL Server 2014 and explore its new features, including in-memory online transaction processing, in this essential guide. Continue Reading

• Finding the right problem for SQL Server 2014's in-memory OLTP

  Consultant Denny Cherry talks changes, misconceptions and what people really want from SQL Server 2014, which is generally available on April 1.Continue Reading

• Quintillion creates flash pool to escape SQL Server bottlenecks

  Quintillion runs SQL Servers on VMs, and PernixData gave them a way out of the storage bottleneck, bringing their data closer to the database.Continue Reading

• Up or out? Deciding on SQL Server scalability

  SQL Server scalability brings with it many questions, but prime among them is this: Should you buy more servers or bulk up the ones you have?Continue Reading

• The pros and cons of virtualizing SQL Server environments

  What are the pros and cons of virtualizing SQL Server environments? Basit Farooq takes you through the potential good, bad and the ugly.Continue Reading

• SQL Server 2012 ‘virtually’ out, Microsoft talks features, licensing

  With SQL Server 2012 released in a “virtual launch” this month, Microsoft data platform specialist Mark Kromer tells us what his favorite features of the new release are.Continue Reading

• Step 4: Deploy consolidated databases in a production environment

  There is a multitude of ways to migrate user databases to the consolidated SQL Server environment. Get some methods in this step excerpted from Chapter 2, 'Planning your SQL Server ...Continue Reading