SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters Architecture - Modernizing Your Data Platform
Explore the architecture of SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters in this 44-minute conference talk by Buck Woody at PASS Data Community Summit. Learn how Microsoft implemented the SQL Server 2019 relational database engine in a big data cluster, leveraging an elastically scalable storage layer that integrates SQL Server and HDFS to scale to petabytes of data storage. Discover the impact of data growth, computing and storage advances on data collection abilities, and understand the role of virtualization, container orchestration, and Kubernetes in scaling big data solutions. Gain insights into SQL Server platform evolution, data virtualization, and the integration of SQL Server with HDFS and Spark Compute engine as a comprehensive package for big data management.