Happy New Year!
2008 should be interesting… again. With the release of SQL Server, Windows Server, VS and all of the assorted tools and technologies, there is a lot happening that will keep us all watching the releases, the updates, the testing and so-on. I think there will be some great things to come out of both the new products and the services and products that will rely on them. I’ve written in the fall of last year (that sounds like so long ago, not just a few days ago) about the features and different things that are coming, from the policy-based management to the other administrative and developer tools, much learning on the horizon…
SQL Server Virtual Conference
Register now – save your spot and start planning for the sessions. With more than 36 technical sessions, exhibitor booths and much more, all online, it’ll be quite the event. Register today – and help in the planning for getting the content set up. Register here or get more information about the sessions.
Virtualization Feedback and a Question
Just before the holidays, I was talking about the virtualization pushes coming from a number of vendors, Microsoft included. Charlie wrote in with some good feedback, and a solid question or two – thought I’d pass them along here for your feedback.
"Virtual Environments are one of those hot and “chick” topics in IT today. I use MS Virtual Server in my lab extensively and love it. However, I have a quick and focused comment on the Virtual Environment’s article.
Unless within the virtual environment you completely isolate, and dedicate to specific processes, physical resources of the physical server, mission critical applications that depend upon peripheral device performance (hard disk, etc) such as SQL Server simply will not perform well in a virtual environment where resources are being shared. Where less performance is acceptable, SQL Server in a virtual environment may be OK. However, when optimum transaction throughput is a business and systems requirement as in most OLTP applications sharing resources just won’t allow satisfactory performance.
If you do go to the extraordinary lengths of isolating physical resources, then why are you even on a Virtual platform?"
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