Episode 78
| January 11, 2017
| 37 minutes
Conversion to SQL Server 2016
As database administrators, we will all upgrade our environments at some point; however, we don’t normally have the opportunity to upgrade to the next version of SQL Server before it becomes available to everyone else. In this weeks episode of the podcast, Steve and I chat with Brian Carrig about the journey channeladvisor took to implement SQL Server 2016 in their environment, that it was like working with the SQLCAT team, and how they go about making use of some of the new features. Brian shares with us some of the struggles they were having along with how the 2016 version helped address these issues.
Brian on Twitter
BWIN in memory OTLP whitepaper
Using memory optimized table variables
Memory Estimates for memory-optimized tables
Connect Item to store query store in a separate filegroup
SQL Server setup checklist in Github
Listen to Learn
- What it was like to work with the SQLCAT team
- The features channeladvisor was after, but also how they went about using them
- How the in memory options are helps with bursting
- Why Brian how to create a connect item and what it deals with
Our Guest
Brian Carrig
Brian Carrig is a Microsoft Certified Master of SQL Server and manages a team of talented DBAs at leading e-commerce cloud solutions provider ChannelAdvisor. In a previous life, Brian spent some time as an academic and holds a PhD in Computer Science. He is a native of Dublin, Ireland but now lives with his wife and two daughters in Cary, North Carolina.
SQL 2016 is probably the version of SQL Server that has had most attention paid to performance improvements in quite some time probably since the 2005 release. They, I believe, I won’t say they promise but it’s not atypical to get 20% performance gains just right out of the gate
Meet the Hosts
Carlos Chacon
With more than 10 years of working with SQL Server, Carlos helps businesses ensure their SQL Server environments meet their users’ expectations. He can provide insights on performance, migrations, and disaster recovery. He is also active in the SQL Server community and regularly speaks at user group meetings and conferences. He helps support the free database monitoring tool found at databasehealth.com and provides training through SQL Trail events.
Eugene Meidinger
Eugene works as an independent BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and the Azure Data Platform. He has been working with data for over 8 years and speaks regularly at user groups and conferences. He also helps run the GroupBy online conference.
Kevin Feasel
Kevin is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and proprietor of Catallaxy Services, LLC, where he specializes in T-SQL development, machine learning, and pulling rabbits out of hats on demand. He is the lead contributor to Curated SQL, president of the Triangle Area SQL Server Users Group, and author of the books PolyBase Revealed (Apress, 2020) and Finding Ghosts in Your Data: Anomaly Detection Techniques with Examples in Python (Apress, 2022). A resident of Durham, North Carolina, he can be found cycling the trails along the triangle whenever the weather's nice enough.
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