TL;DR: SK hynix's new 256GB DDR5 RDIMM server memory modules, based on 32Gb DRAM, are officially verified for Intel's Xeon 6 platform, delivering up to 16% better inference performance and 18% ...

Running index optimize and I'm seeing that the nonclustered columnstore indexes are getting rebuilt with maxdop = 1 instead of maxdop = 8 as i would expect. Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (RTM-CU32-GDR) ...

At Build 2025, SQL Server 2025 officially entered public preview. As one of the world’s most popular databases, this release continues a decades-long history of innovation with features made for ...

TL;DR: AMD's server CPU market share surged to 39.4% in Q1 2025, with projections to exceed 40% by year-end and reach 50% in 2026, challenging Intel's dominance. Strong growth in desktop and notebook ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

As developers look to harness the power of AI in their applications, one of the most exciting advancements is the ability to enrich existing databases with semantic understanding through vector search ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

When trying to install SolidWorks on a Windows computer, you may encounter an issue when the installation is trying to install Microsoft SQL Server. So, the installation works fine until it reaches ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

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