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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By : Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody
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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By: Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody

Overview of this book

Microsoft SQL Server comes equipped with industry-leading features and the best online transaction processing capabilities. If you are looking to work with data processing and management, getting up to speed with Microsoft Server 2019 is key. Introducing SQL Server 2019 takes you through the latest features in SQL Server 2019 and their importance. You will learn to unlock faster querying speeds and understand how to leverage the new and improved security features to build robust data management solutions. Further chapters will assist you with integrating, managing, and analyzing all data, including relational, NoSQL, and unstructured big data using SQL Server 2019. Dedicated sections in the book will also demonstrate how you can use SQL Server 2019 to leverage data processing platforms, such as Apache Hadoop and Spark, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes to control your data and efficiently monitor it. By the end of this book, you'll be well versed with all the features of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and understand how to use them confidently to build robust data management solutions.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Storage options for VMs

Once you have finished choosing these options, you will be asked to choose the type of disk you would like for storage on your VM. You have the options of a standard hard disk, standard solid-state disk (SSD), premium SSD, or even the new private preview of Ultra Disk. Ultra Disk is a new SSD made for IO-intensive loads that has sub-millisecond latency times. These new disks will autotune workloads without the requirement to restart a VM and will provide incredible performance for workloads on SQL Server and other database platforms. The disks will come in sizes from 4-64 TB and should be considered for any database that requires top IO performance:

Figure 14.8: IOPS ranges on Ultra Disk SSD from Azure
Figure 14.6: IOPS ranges on Ultra Disk SSD from Azure