In my previous article of this blog series, I introduced SQL Server In-Memory OLTP and explained how it is possible to create an In-Memory OLTP – enabled database. Also, I showed via simple examples, how easy is to create memory-optimized tables (durable and non-durable). Today we are going to talk about naively-compiled stored procedures as well … Read more…
SQL Server In-Memory OLTP (MS Docs article) is a powerful engine integrated into the SQL Server Engine (version 2014 and later), optimized for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP). This article helps you getting started with SQL Server In-Memory OLTP and it is the first part in a series of articles focusing on SQL Server In-Memory OLTP. … Read more…
A few days ago I published a 38-page technical paper titled “In-Memory OLTP Simulator: The Experiment“. In-Memory OLTP Simulator is a software tool that we developed, which allows the user to easily simulate virtually any workload against the powerful In-Memory OLTP Engine of Microsoft SQL Server. What Does the Paper Discuss? This paper presents … Read more…
In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2014 or later is a powerful engine integrated into the SQL Server Engine, optimized for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP). In-Memory Optimization in SQL Server, has certain characteristics and can help increasing performance in a great number of scenarios. A Short Description of the SQL Server In-Memory OLTP Technology If I … Read more…
After two years of heavy development, my tool “In-Memory OLTP Simulator” is finally out! In-Memory OLTP Simulator enables the IT Professional and Developer to easily test the powerful In-Memory OLTP Engine of SQL Server 2014® (or later) with different simulations and against different workloads. In the Ultimate Edition of the tool, among other, the user … Read more…
One of the key features originally shipped with SQL Server 2014 was the long-awaited In-Memory OLTP, codenamed as project “Hekaton”. In-Memory OLTP introduced new data structures for optimizing the performance of OLTP workloads. These data structures are called “memory-optimized” tables and along with natively compiled stored procedures, they can offer a huge performance boost when … Read more…
In this article, we will be discussing about In-Memory Optimization in SQL Server, and we will see a simple example, of optimizing a workload using In-Memory Optimization and thus improve performance. Introduction to SQL Server In-Memory Optimization In one of my previous articles I briefly introduced In-Memory Optimization in SQL Server. In this article … Read more…
In-Memory OLTP (codenamed “Hekaton”) is the most significant feature originally shipped with SQL Server 2014. It is Microsoft’s new technology which is fully integrated into SQL Server’s Database Engine. In-Memory OLTP introduces new data structures for optimizing the performance of OLTP workloads. These data structures are called “memory-optimized” tables and along with natively compiled stored … Read more…
A few days ago, on March 21st, I participated as an invited speaker at Microsoft Conference 2014 that took place in Nicosia, Cyprus. My session was on SQL Server 2014 and specifically about what’s new in this release of SQL Server. My session’s agenda was on the following areas of new features on SQL Server: … Read more…
My first eBook on SQL Server has been released. The title of the book is “Tuning SQL Server” and it is part of “The SQL Server and .NET Blog eBook Series!“. How is the eBook Organized? This book is organized as follows. Chapter 1 discusses the usage of indexes and the derived benefits of … Read more…