SQL Server compression methods testing and comparison Posted on April 10, 2025, updated on April 10, 2025 by Yannick JaquierTable of contents Preamble SQL Server compression test case SQL Server compression testing sp_estimate_data_compression_savings Row compression Page compression COMPRESS/DECOMPRESS compression Columnstore compression Columnstore archive compression SQL Server compression wrap up References Continue reading
Resource Governor implementation to control workload Posted on July 10, 2024, updated on July 9, 2024 by Yannick JaquierTable of contents Preamble Resource Governor pre-requisites Resource Governor configuration Resource Governor testing Resource Governor to go further References Continue reading
In-Memory OLTP for rapid data ingestion Posted on April 20, 2024, updated on April 22, 2024 by Yannick JaquierTable of contents Preamble In-Memory OLTP preparation In-Memory OLTP testing In-Memory OLTP to durable tables INSERT INTO disk_based_table SELECT FROM memory_optimized_table Temporal memory-optimized table Issues encountered References Continue reading
How to online refresh BI tables with minimum impact to end users Posted on May 10, 2023, updated on May 10, 2023 by Yannick JaquierTable of contents Preamble Preparation of the test environment The old legacy technique The alter table switch technique The view technique The synonym technique The schema transfer technique Conclusion References Continue reading
SQL Server on Linux – Log Shipping – part 4 Posted on January 1, 2023, updated on March 24, 2023 by Yannick JaquierTable of contents Preamble Samba installation and configuration On primary server On secondary server Log shipping configuration On primary server On secondary server Start the log shipping configuration Log shipping failover testing Log shipping monitoring References Continue reading
SQL Server on Linux – Availability Groups – part 3 Posted on December 1, 2022, updated on April 3, 2025 by Yannick JaquierTable of contents Preamble Cluster nodes preparation Availability Group for High Availability (CLUSTER_TYPE = EXTERNAL) Availability Group creation for SQL Server Availability Group creation for Pacemaker Linux Availability Group for Read Scale (CLUSTER_TYPE = NONE) Availability Group creation for SQL Server Manual failover without data loss References Continue reading