I am glad to share that I will be speaking at 24 Hours of PASS – PASS Summit 2017 Preview that will take place on 19th & 20th of July 2017. As I already announced before, I will be delivering…
Speaking at 24 Hours of PASS – PASS Summit 2017 Preview
Precon at PASS Summit 2017 – Columnstore Indexes: Practical Solutions & Techniques
It is with an incredible joy and gratitude that I am able to share that I will be delivering a full-day precon (workshop) at PASS Summit 2017: Columnstore Indexes – Practical Solutions & Techniques on 31st of October 2017 in…
SQL Graph, part I
This blog is a kick-off the series that will be dedicated to the graph databases and engines, being more specifically focused on the SQL Graph, that is the newest extension to the SQL Server engine, as well as the Azure…
Columnstore Indexes – part 106 (“Memory Requirements for Rebuild & Reorganize”)
Continuation from the previous 105 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. One of the most important and recurring topics for any type of indices is their Building/Rebuilding/Reorganzing processes – after all we do load more data into…
Columnstore Indexes – part 105 (“Performance Counters”)
Continuation from the previous 104 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. For a very long time I was intending to write some of the unsung & almost hidden improvements of the SQL Server 2016 – the performance…