Publications

SQL Server on Kubernetes - Designing and Building a Modern Data Platform

Build a modern data platform by deploying SQL Server in Kubernetes. Modern application deployment needs to be fast and consistent to keep up with business objectives and Kubernetes is quickly becoming the standard for deploying container-based applications, fast. This book introduces Kubernetes and its core concepts. Then it shows you how to build and interact with a Kubernetes cluster. Next, it goes deep into deploying and operationalizing SQL Server in Kubernetes, both on premises and in cloud environments such as the Azure Cloud.

You will begin with container-based application fundamentals and then go into an architectural overview of a Kubernetes container and how it manages application state. Then you will learn the hands-on skill of building a production-ready cluster. With your cluster up and running, you will learn how to interact with your cluster and perform common administrative tasks. Once you can admin the cluster, you will learn how to deploy applications and SQL Server in Kubernetes. You will learn about high-availability options, and about using Azure Arc-enabled Data Services. By the end of this book, you will know how to set up a Kubernetes cluster, manage a cluster, deploy applications and databases, and keep everything up and running.

What You Will Learn

Understand Kubernetes architecture and cluster components
Deploy your applications into Kubernetes clusters
Manage your containers programmatically through API objects and controllers
Deploy and operationalize SQL Server in Kubernetes
Implement high-availability SQL Server scenarios on Kubernetes using Azure Arc-enabled Data Services
Make use of Kubernetes deployments for Big Data Clusters

Who This Book Is For

DBAs and IT architects who are ready to begin planning their next-generation data platform and want to understand what it takes to run SQL Server in a container in Kubernetes. SQL Server on Kubernetes is an excellent choice for those who want to understand the big picture of why Kubernetes is the next-generation deployment method for SQL Server but also want to understand the internals, or the how, of deploying SQL Server in Kubernetes. When finished with this book, you will have the vision and skills to successfully architect, build and maintain a modern data platform deploying SQL Server on Kubernetes.

Azure Arc-enabled Data Services Revealed - Second Edition

Get introduced to Azure Arc-enabled Data Services and the powerful capabilities to deploy and manage local, on-premises, and hybrid cloud data resources using the same centralized management and tooling you get from the Azure cloud. This book shows how you can deploy and manage databases running on SQL Server and Postgres in your corporate data center or any cloud as if they were part of the Azure platform. This second edition has been updated to the latest codebase, allowing you to use this book as your handbook to get started with Azure Arc-enabled Data Services today. Learn how to benefit from Azure’s centralized management, the automated rollout of patches and updates, managed backups, and more.

This book is the perfect choice for anyone looking for a hybrid or multi-vendor cloud strategy for their data estate. The authors walk you through the possibilities and requirements to get Azure SQL Managed Instance and PostgresSQL Hyperscale deployed outside of Azure, so the services are accessible to companies that cannot move to the cloud or do not want to use the Microsoft cloud exclusively. The technology described in this book will benefit those required to keep sensitive services, such as medical databases, away from the public cloud equally as those who can’t move to a public cloud for other reasons such as infrastructure constraints but still want to benefit from the Azure cloud and the centralized management and tooling that it supports.

What You Will Learn

Understand the fundamentals and architecture of Azure Arc-enabled data services
Build a multi-cloud strategy based on Azure Data Services
Deploy Azure Arc-enabled data services on premises or in any cloud
Deploy Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance on premises or in any cloud
Deploy Azure Arc-enabled PostgreSQL Hyperscale on premises or in any cloud
Backup and Restore your data that is managed by Azure Arc-enabled data services
Manage Azure-enabled data services running outside of Azure
Monitor Azure-enabled data services through Grafana and Kibana
Monitor Azure-enabled data services running outside of Azure through Azure Monitor

Who This Book Is For

Database administrators and architects who want to manage on-premises or hybrid cloud data resources from the Microsoft Azure cloud. Especially for those wishing to take advantage of cloud technologies while keeping sensitive data on premises and under physical control.

Azure Arc-enabled Data Services Revealed - First Edition

Get introduced to Azure Arc-enabled data services and the powerful capabilities they provide to deploy and manage local, on-premises, and hybrid cloud data resources using the same centralized management and tooling you get from the Azure cloud. This book shows how you can deploy and manage databases running on SQL Server and Postgres in your corporate data center as if they were part of the Azure platform. You will learn how to benefit from the centralized management that Azure provides, the automated rollout of patches and updates, and more.

This book is the perfect choice for anyone looking for a hybrid or multi-vendor cloud strategy for their data estate. The authors walk you through the possibilities and requirements to get services such as Azure SQL Managed Instance and PostgresSQL HyperScale, deployed outside of Azure, so the services are accessible to companies that cannot move to the cloud or do not want to use the Microsoft cloud exclusively. The technology described in this book will be especially useful to those required to keep sensitive services, such as medical databases, away from the public cloud, but who still want to benefit from the Azure cloud and the centralized management and tooling that it supports.

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines: A hands-on guide to provisioning Microsoft SQL Server on Azure VMs

Deploying SQL Server on Azure virtual machines allows you to work on full versions of SQL Server in the cloud without having to maintain on-premises hardware. The book begins by introducing you to the SQL portfolio in Azure and takes you through SQL Server IaaS scenarios, before explaining the factors that you need to consider while choosing an OS for SQL Server in Azure VMs. As you progress through the book, you’ll explore different VM options and deployment choices for IaaS and understand platform availability, migration tools, and best practices in Azure. In later chapters, you’ll learn how to configure storage to achieve optimized performance. Finally, you’ll get to grips with the concept of Azure Hybrid Benefit and find out how you can use it to maximize the value of your existing on-premises SQL Server

The PowerShell Conference Book

This book is designed to be like a conference in a book where each chapter is written by a different author who is a subject matter expert on the topic covered in their chapter. Each chapter is also independent of the others so you can read one chapter, ten chapters, or all of them. You can start with the first chapter, the last one, or somewhere in-between and not miss out on anything related to that particular topic. This bookis written for the intermediate to advanced audience. Prior experience with PowerShell is highly recommended. All (100%) of the royalties from this book are donated to the OnRamp scholarship program. More information about the OnRamp track at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit and their scholarship program can be found on the PowerShell.org website.

Optimizing Memory Access on GPUs using Morton Order Indexing

High performance computing environments are not freely available to every scientist or programmer. However, massively parallel computational devices are available in nearly every workstation class computer and laptop sold today. The programmable GPU gives immense computational power to a user in a standard office environment; however, programming a GPU to function efficiently is not a trivial task. An issue of primary concern is memory latency, if not managed properly it can cost the GPU in performance resulting in increased runtimes waiting for data. In this paper we describe an optimization of memory access methods on GPUs using Morton order indexing, sometimes referred to as Z-order index.

Toward Dependency-Aware Live Virtual Machine Migration

This paper proposes a novel dependency-aware approach to live virtual machine migration and presents the results of the initial investigation into its ability to reduce migration latency and overhead. The approach uses a tainting mechanism originally developed as an intrusion detection mechanism. Dependency information is used to distinguish processes that create direct or indirect external dependencies during live migration. It is shown that the live migration process can be significantly streamlined by selectively apply- ing a more efficient protocol when migrating processes that do not create external dependencies during migration.