Benefits of Data Masking highlighted in Gartner’s 2018 Market Guide

Gartner released their 2018 Market Guide for Data Masking, providing an in-depth analysis of the market with recommendations and representative vendors – including Redgate. Gartner says that "Test data (or copy data) virtualization is a technology that is increasingly popular, when used in combination with SDM (Static Data Masking), to speed up the provisioning of and updates to target environments, in addition to significantly reducing the amount of storage required by these environments.”

Vagrant and SQL Server 2017 on Linux

Vagrant provides a mechanism to build and configure a virtual Linux box running SQL Server 2017

The Basics of Virtualization

Virtual Failback

The pressure to move to virtual systems is increasing, but is there a fallback if you have issues?

Stairway to SQL Server Virtualization Level 4 - Building the Hyper-V VM

In this level of the Stairway to Server Virtualization, learn how to build a Hyper-V virtual machine for SQL Server.

Running SQL Server with Hyper-V Dynamic Memory - Best Practices and Considerations

There are unique considerations that apply to virtual machines that run SQL Server workloads in such environments. This document provides insight into considerations and best practices for running SQL Server in Hyper-V Dynamic Memory configurations on Windows Server.

Stairway to SQL Server Virtualization Level 3 - Building the Ideal VMware-based SQL Server Virtual Machine

In this level of the Stairway to SQL Server Virtualization David looks at the ideal virtual machine setup for a SQL Server instance on VMware.

VMs are not VMs

Today Steve Jones talks about how database VMs are not like other VMs.

Stairway to SQL Server Virtualization Level 2 - The Ideal SQL Server Virtual Machine Architecture

In Level 2 of the Stairway to SQL Server Virtualization, we examine the ideal VM configuration from a standpoint of the various resources involved.

How Virtualized?

This week's poll asks about virtualization in your environment. Let us know if you are moving your SQL Server to virtual machines.