Tag Archives: virtualization

Republish: How Virtualized?

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

Last day at the MVP Summit, so enjoy this today: How Virtualized?

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Virtual Failback

Posted on November 3, 2015 by

I saw a very interesting tweet from Scott Stauffer asking this: “… looking for quick’n’easy way to make workload virtual w/ fail-fast method to physical if performance doesn’t meet expectation.” This was part of a conversation Scott was having in looking to … Continue reading →

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VMs are not VMs

Posted on May 19, 2015 by

I was at VMWare recently. One of the main things that all of the SQL Server professionals that were there tried to emphasize is that SQL Server workloads are not like other workloads. The impact on the various host resources, … Continue reading →

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How Virtualized?

Posted on May 8, 2015 by

I went to a talk recently where I saw this statistic: “50% of all workloads were virtualized in 2009. That number is 72% today.” That’s a really big number, at least in my mind. That implies the vast majority of … Continue reading →

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