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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
Book Image

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)

5. SQL Server 2019 on Linux

For those new to Linux, there is a rich and deep history of the platform, just as there is one for Windows. At one time, most database administrators (DBAs) avoided running databases on Linux due to the age of the operating system (OS) compared to more mature distributions of Unix. Linux was only introduced in 1991 by Linux Torvalds, and he was actively involved in much of its development after failed attempts with other distributions (including flavors of open-source Unix) such as Hurd.  

As with other open-source Unix distributions, Linux development is done on the GNU or Intel C Compiler. Linus hoped to limit any commercial activity, but in the end, Linux has become the most widely used OS distribution used on enterprise servers. Numerous Linux distributions exist, including Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat, and Fedora. Microsoft recently announced there are now more virtual machines (VMs) running Linux than Windows in the Azure cloud...