Category: Containers
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Breaking (storage) speed limits in Azure SQL MI.
In this post, I’ll share some results when combining Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Azure NetApp Files (ANF) to break built-in speed limits in Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI) storage. Storage performance in the cloud is often deeply coupled with compute, the bigger the VM or a higher the…
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Automating the database maintenance with container app jobs
In this post, I’ll share with you how to automate the running of the previously created database maintenance container. Once you’ve created a container that has your database maintenance routines in it, you’ll need to figure out a way to automate executing it against the database(s). Luckily, Azure (and probably…
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Database maintenance with containers
In this post, I’ll show you an example of how to build your own database maintenance container. I have been tinkering with database automation and containers lately, and it had me thinking about all the various ways we can make use of containerization with databases. Public cloud platforms do an…
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Are we ready for database containers yet?
Containers are a popular way to virtualize and package applications, but when it comes to database workloads, the adoption has definitely been much slower. The technology has been around for a long while (at least in the IT-industry or dog years), and I wondered if we’re ready to use it…