Linux

SQL Server on Linux and experimental Flexible Architecture

In this blog post let’s talk a little bit about SQL Server optimal installation on the Linux file system. This is probably one of the first considerations we will have as a database administrator. Actually basic installation of SQL Server(…)

Speaking at the next SQL Nexus at Copenhagen 2017

On May 2nd, I will have the chance to speak during the next SQL Nexus event in Copenhagen (1 -3 may) about SQL Server 2016 and availability groups and if I have(…)

Introducing AlwaysOn availability groups on Linux

A couple of days ago, Microsoft has rolled out the SQL Server vNext CTP 1.3 which includes very nice features and the one that interested me in the supportability of AlwaysOn availability groups on Linux. That(…)

SQL Server Failover Cluster on Linux and synchronizing uids/gids across nodes

In my previous blog post, I talked about SQL Server on Linux and high availability. During my test, I used a NFS server to(…)

Linux – Securing your important files with XFS extendend attributes

By William Sescu Let’s say, the tnsnames.ora is a quite important file on your system, and you want to make sure that you notice when someone changes the file. Taking a look at the modification time of that file would(…)

Introducing high-availability and multi-subnet scenarios with SQL Server on Linux

On my first blog about SQL Server on Linux, I introduced the new high availability feature which concerns only SQL Server failover(…)

Introducing high-availability with SQL Server on Linux

A couple of months ago, I did my first installation of SQL Server on Linux. I wrote about it in this blog post. So(…)

2016 is over and it was great, 2017 will be even more exciting in the open source area

Disclaimer: This will not be a technical post at all. The goal is to provide a short overview of what we did in 2016 and what we plan to do in 2017 when it comes to our(…)

First installation of SQL Server on Linux REHL 7.2

As you certainly know Microsoft announced yesterday the first preview of SQL Server vNext on Linux. Obviously we are far from a final version suitable for production and the list of unsupported features will probably be good indicator of the(…)

Run SQL Server everywhere!

Running SQL Server everywhere is not a dream anymore!  Microsoft has just announced the first release of SQL Server CTP1 on Linux today! But that’s not all! SQL Server Vnext is also available on Windows,(…)