Comments on: SQL Server in the Cloud article at Dr. Dobb’s Journal http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/12/sql-server-in-the-cloud-article-at-dr-dobbs-journal/ SQL Server MCM and MVP, performance tuning, consulting, training, and community building. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:47:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/12/sql-server-in-the-cloud-article-at-dr-dobbs-journal/#comment-15643 Brent Ozar Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:58 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6321#comment-15643 You bet! If you give me the login I'd be glad to dig into the storage performance and let you know what I find. Happy holidays, and talk to you next year! :-D You bet! If you give me the login I’d be glad to dig into the storage performance and let you know what I find. Happy holidays, and talk to you next year! :-D

]]> By: Rob Mackenzie http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/12/sql-server-in-the-cloud-article-at-dr-dobbs-journal/#comment-15642 Rob Mackenzie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:13:47 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6321#comment-15642 Not to be overly analytical about the new server options, but they do in fact "feel" zippier. It's definitely cool to see how fast they boot and even cooler that they can sit idle and uncharged in the stopped state. Neither of these perks address day-to-day operations however. Maybe in the New Year I could provide the server(s) and you could provide the skill(s) or at least direction to dig into it a little more. Thanks for < 1 min. reply, Rob Not to be overly analytical about the new server options, but they do in fact “feel” zippier. It’s definitely cool to see how fast they boot and even cooler that they can sit idle and uncharged in the stopped state. Neither of these perks address day-to-day operations however.

Maybe in the New Year I could provide the server(s) and you could provide the skill(s) or at least direction to dig into it a little more.

Thanks for < 1 min. reply,
Rob

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/12/sql-server-in-the-cloud-article-at-dr-dobbs-journal/#comment-15639 Brent Ozar Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:23:55 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6321#comment-15639 Rob - good question. I've been curious about that myself, but since it costs money to ramp up a new server and do performance testing, I haven't bothered. I've been waiting until I see word from them that there's a better-performing storage subsystem available, or that they've improved it somehow. Have you seen anything to that effect? Rob – good question. I’ve been curious about that myself, but since it costs money to ramp up a new server and do performance testing, I haven’t bothered. I’ve been waiting until I see word from them that there’s a better-performing storage subsystem available, or that they’ve improved it somehow. Have you seen anything to that effect?

]]> By: Rob Mackenzie http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/12/sql-server-in-the-cloud-article-at-dr-dobbs-journal/#comment-15638 Rob Mackenzie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:22:34 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=6321#comment-15638 Hi Brent, I was wondering if you had any insight to the current state of database performance with the new Server/Sql 2008 options at Amazon EC2. You had an article a while back which criticized the performance of Sql 2005 on the 2003 servers they had, saying that the throughput was the equivalent of running your db off a thumb-drive. It appears like they're trying to address some of the previous limitations of Windows on EC2 (server version, boot drive, etc.) and I was wondering if this translated to performance benefits. Cheers, Rob Hi Brent,

I was wondering if you had any insight to the current state of database performance with the new Server/Sql 2008 options at Amazon EC2. You had an article a while back which criticized the performance of Sql 2005 on the 2003 servers they had, saying that the throughput was the equivalent of running your db off a thumb-drive. It appears like they’re trying to address some of the previous limitations of Windows on EC2 (server version, boot drive, etc.) and I was wondering if this translated to performance benefits.

Cheers,
Rob

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