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Accelerate Breakout Replay: What’s New in SQL Server 2025: AI, Performance, and Pure Storage Optimization
Explore SQL Server 2025’s AI, vector search, REST support, and see how Pure Storage boosts performance for modern database workloads. Speaker: Anthony Nocentino https://www.purestorage.com/vide...
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Pure Report Podcast: Databases!!!
Catch up with Anthony Nocentino on the latest episode of the Pure Report podcast where we dive into trends in database operations and the impact of AI on DBA roles - plus how new Pure platform announcements and Fusion drive better efficiency and performance for SQL Server and Oracle. Anthony tackles the pressing challenges faced by database environments today, including fragmented storage infrastructure, manual provisioning, and the complexities of compliance, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud strategies. He sheds light on how these issues contribute to real-world burnout among DBAs and infra team members. The discussion will also cover the evolving roles of these professionals as they increasingly become platform performance engineers, cloud strategists, and data ops troubleshooters in a world of multiple database engines and unpredictable resource needs driven by AI workloads.
Ludes
Community Manager
18 days ago
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PS SAPHANA Toolkit - error running ps_saphana_cfg_check
Hi everyone, I'm having trouble running the ps_saphana_cfg_check command for checking/applying the best practices on a freshly installed baremetal SUSE 15 SP5 (HPE DL380 Gen11). Can anyone push me in the correct direction? # python3 --version Python 3.6.15 # openssl version OpenSSL 1.1.1l 24 Aug 2021 SUSE release 150500.15.4 # cat /etc/os-release NAME="SLES" VERSION="15-SP5" VERSION_ID="15.5" PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5" ID="sles" ID_LIKE="suse" ANSI_COLOR="0;32" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:15:sp5" # systemd-detect-virt none # rpm -ivh ps_saphana_toolkit-0.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:ps_saphana_toolkit-0.0.1-1 ################################# [100%] # ps_saphana_cfg_check systemd-detect-virt: /tmp/_MEI7s0YQK/libcrypto.so.1.1: version `OPENSSL_1_1_1' not found (required by /usr/lib/systemd/libsystemd-shared-249.so) the system is a VM on an unsupported platform Checking kernel IO parameters Traceback (most recent call last): File "ps_saphana_cfg_check.py", line 307, in <module> File "ps_saphana_cfg_check.py", line 89, in apply_recommended_settings AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get' [24302] Failed to execute script ps_saphana_cfg_check Thanks in advance.
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Accelerate Breakout Replay: What’s New in SQL Server 2025: AI, Performance, and Pure Storage Optimization
Explore SQL Server 2025’s AI, vector search, REST support, and see how Pure Storage boosts performance for modern database workloads. Speaker: Anthony Nocentino https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/whats-new-in-sql-server-2025/6375342106112.html
catud
Community Manager
3 months ago
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sql server
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Accelerate Breakout Replay: Accelerate Enterprise AI with Your SQL and Oracle Operational Databases
Demystify AI for storage pros: explore RAG, embeddings, and vector indexing in SQL Server 2025 and Oracle 23ai. Speakers: Anthony Nocentino & Ryan Arsenault https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/accelerate-enterprise-ai-sql-oracle/6375340112112.html
catud
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3 months ago
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If DBs in Containers is Cool, Consider me Miles Davis
Are your cool friends all running databases in containers? Well its not about being trendy, it's about consistency and velocity. Running databases as a containers allows you to: Use the same tooling as your application stack Use declarative configurations through GitOps Use the same platform to provide networking, storage, and scaling - hint: Its Kubernetes Use identical platform APIs everywhere Enjoy faster startup and shutdown procedures Provide Fine-grained control over CPU and memory, not wasted on operating systems Less patching OK, thats as much of a pitch as you'll get from me. VMs are a tried and true method for running your databases, but it might be worth testing out DBs in containers if you're a Kubernetes shop. You might find some additional efficiencies.
shanks
Puritan
5 months ago
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portworx
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Using FlashArray Volume Snapshots with Microsoft SQL Server
FlashArray volume snapshots are an amazing tool for any DBA/DBRE managing SQL Server. You can use them to: Instantly recover from user errors or ransomware attacks Create rapid dev/test copies without full restores Offload CHECKDB to another host to avoid production performance hits Refresh reporting environments on demand Seed Always On availability groups faster, without large full backups Enable point-in-time recovery when paired with SQL log backups And the best part? Snapshots on FlashArray are: Immutable Space-efficient Fast to create and restore Fully automatable through the REST API or SDK tools! I worked very closely with our SQL Server field super stars (Anthony Nocentino, Andrew Pruski and Andrew Yun) on a white paper going VERY deep into the architecture and how to. It includes everything from crash- vs. application-consistent snapshots, to step-by-step restore and cloning procedures, to using SQL Server 2022’s new T-SQL snapshot backup. Did we miss anything ? Let us know!
silli
Puritan
5 months ago
database
FLASHARRAY C
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FLASHARRAY XL
snapshots
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New Reference Architecture: SQL Server on Azure VM's with Pure Cloud Block Store
This is a brand new, weeks-old reference architecture — and I’m really excited about this one. During development, one of the most surprising discoveries was just how much Azure VM performance is limited by the IOPS cap tied to managed disks. It caught me off guard how much planning it takes just to size storage and compute together when you go the native route. With CBS, I was able to bypass those constraints. It felt more like working with enterprise storage (which is what its meant to do!) , I could pull from a pool, scale performance independently of VM size, and provision storage volumes in a clean and easy way. This new RA covers: SQL Server architecture on Azure VMs with Pure Cloud Block Store Snapshot-based backup and restore DR patterns using ActiveDR™ and HA using ActiveCluster™ Dev/test database cloning with volume snapshots Performance benchmarking vs. Azure Premium SSD v2 It prooved: ~40% more transactional throughput (TPROC-C) ~93% better analytical query performance (TPROC-H) (using queries per minute normalization) 3–5x data reduction vs. raw data Download the full reference architecture here Would love to hear your thoughts on this architecture and how we could improve the expirience!
silli
Puritan
5 months ago
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PURITY
sql server
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New SQL Server with Pure Storage Reference Architecture!
We have a new SQL Server with Pure Storage Reference Architecture! It’s been out for a few months, but this is a great start to your journey to a simpler, high-performance database environment! This reference architecture shows how to: Consolidate transactional and analytical SQL Server workloads using FlashArray Use FlashBlade for rapid, parallel T-SQL backups to file or object storage Enable zero-downtime operations with ActiveCluster and near-synchronous replication via ActiveDR With this RA you will find detailed technical guidance for storage provisioning for SQL Server databases on Windows or Linux as well as best practice guidence on how to take the best advantage of the primary storage layer. Check out the full reference architecture here: Optimizing SQL Server Operations and Scale with Pure Storage (PDF) Have feedback, use cases to share, or questions about implementation? Please reach out!
silli
Puritan
5 months ago
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FLASHARRAY C
FLASHARRAY X
FLASHARRAY XL
sql server
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On-Demand Webinar: Get Ready for SQL Server 2025 with Pure Storage
SQL Server 2025 is coming. Watch this on-demand webinar to get insights into how the Pure Storage platform can directly support key database priorities: accelerating AI and analytics close to the data, sustaining predictable performance under pressure, and enabling reliable backup, recovery, and HA/DR patterns that SQL Server was built to support.
nmirashi
Moderator
5 months ago
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FLASHARRAY XL
sql server
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How do you manage the risks of unexpected outages?
How do you manage the risks and unexpected outages in critical data storage systems?
MacchiSmith
Community Manager
7 months ago
database
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