Azure SQL Performance Testing on ESv5 v DSv2
In a previous blog I talked about the new Esv5 Azure VM Types that looked very promising for SQL Server and data warehousing , perhaps unseating the older DSv2 that we had been recommending. https://prodata.ie/2021/11/03/the-new-king-vm-type-for-sql-has-arrived/ Now that we have upgraded … Continue reading Azure SQL Performance Testing on ESv5 v DSv2
EDW Automation Architecture
This blog explores a universal architecture for EDW automation. I’m, attempting to be technology agnostic, so little mention of specifics here. Albeit those who know me, know I am a SQL centric fan boy with a software engineering and Finance … Continue reading EDW Automation Architecture
The new King VM Type for SQL has arrived!
Hot of the announcements at Microsoft Ignite conference is the arrival of some new Memory Optimised VM Types. For those of you configuring SQL workloads on VMs, the DSv2 series has always been the “goto” VM Type for 8 and … Continue reading The new King VM Type for SQL has arrived!
DW Automation demo for Synapse SQL Pools (3/3)
This is the third blog in a series looking at the need for DW Automation focusing on Synapse SQL Pools (dedicated). In the first blog we looked at why we need DW Automation tools and what they look like:https://prodata.ie/2021/09/14/the-need-for-dw-automation-1-3/ In … Continue reading DW Automation demo for Synapse SQL Pools (3/3)
Shrinking Azure Repos Bloat due to PowerBI
The world of source control for PowerBI is kinda in conflict On one side we need to use Source control and even Microsoft tools like Power BI deployment pipelines or your own CI/CD put PBIX files in GIT. On the … Continue reading Shrinking Azure Repos Bloat due to PowerBI
A DW Automation Maturity Model (2/3)
In a previous blog I talked about the need for DW Automation in order to achieve that holy grail of Agility, Extensibility and perhaps Robustness with our data architecture. This blog is now focusing on some different levels of maturity. … Continue reading A DW Automation Maturity Model (2/3)
The need for DW Automation (1/3)
Many folks build star schema data warehouses and the supporting ecosystem of Semantic Models, Business Intelligence and/or ML Analytics. This is a quick note on how to assess how you are with automation, regardless of what tools you are using: … Continue reading The need for DW Automation (1/3)
Do we need to maintain Columnstores in SQL Pools ?
TLDR The short answer is YES – if you have >= 60 million rows, then a poorly maintained column store was 100% slower due to trim fragmentation and 64% slower due to the delta row store with some updates in … Continue reading Do we need to maintain Columnstores in SQL Pools ?
Finding Outdated and Missing Stats in Synapse SQL Pools
One recent realization for myself working with Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools is that while they have auto create stats, there is no auto update stats. So statistics will become stale faster than your bread left in the toaster. Rather than … Continue reading Finding Outdated and Missing Stats in Synapse SQL Pools
Top 10 SQL Partition Commandments
I wrote this in 2010, before Clustered Column Store Indexes, SQL Pools (so rule 3 looks a bit odd), and before date data type was mainstream, but the rest of these still look quite Thou Shalt use something that exists … Continue reading Top 10 SQL Partition Commandments
Top 10 SSIS/DW Commandments
Blast from the past. I wrote this is 2008 and at one point we had it made into a poster for the office rule whereby on code review we not say a word but just point to the poster. Not … Continue reading Top 10 SSIS/DW Commandments
Synpase SQL Tip 2 – Comments in Views/Procs
Synapse SQL Dedidcated Pools (aka SQLDW) does not support comments in views or procs in the same was as standalone SQL. This is annoying as comments can be very useful with tracking changes and lineage of objects, especially when used … Continue reading Synpase SQL Tip 2 – Comments in Views/Procs
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