Announcing SQL Server on Linux - The Official Microsoft Blog
I am pretty interested in seeing how this plays out... I am also interested to know what the braintrust at SolarWinds thinks...
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Presuming this thing runs super smooth and stable in Linux, without all of the standard Microsoft overhead, what are some potential benefits SolarWinds would/could have going this route?
-Will
I think it's a little early to begin speculating. I have not yet read anything which suggests that SQL on Linux will offer feature parity with Windows, which means it's unclear if the necessary functionality required to run Orion on SQL will be supported on Linux in the first release. Also aside from cost, It's not clear what benefits (performance or otherwise) will make SQL on Linux an attractive alternative to SQL on Windows. Until we can answer these types of questions it may be somewhat premature to list what might be some of the potential benefits SQL on Linux could provide to the Orion platform.
Ah man... but where is the fun in that? Waiting for facts is lame... and that is a fact!
I hope it's the "wind of change" in MS...
I don't have problem with Orion SQL is on MS OS or not but I sure have some with APE...
Love to see that on the road map I hope it's so small i set it up on USB key !!
It can only be a good thing, ultimately. That said, with everything leaning towards Linux compatibility, MS are in danger of eroding their own foundations.
As I understand it, Linux SQL will not run natively in the kernel. It will run in a container, on top of Linux. So it's a hybrid deployment.
I'm a huge fan of where this is going.
I don't think Microsoft is concerned with selling licenses of SQL on Linux. I think they just wanted to offer an alternative to Linux-focused shops that have been using things like Postgres for new development. By offering an alternative, these shops now have a choice.
To me the real play is Azure. See, Microsoft doesn't care if you run SQL or Postgres on Linux. What they want is for that Linux box to be hosted in Azure.
And...if you are in Azure...and you happen to find that the other tools in the data platform are to your liking, all the better.
Interesting link, thanks neomatrix1217
I suspect there will be "fun" times trying to port existing MSSQL databases to Linux. It's not clear if all features will be available in Linux either.
I doubt the various GUI's will be there in their current forms (thinking SSMS, SSAS, SSRS etc) but I'd imagine/hope the client tools on a Windows PC could be used to support the Linux installations. If it is fully functional and readily converted from a Windows installation, I could see it being used as a way to reduce the number of windows server licenses at various sites.
I fear a number of DBAs (of the "click, click, click, I've installed MS SQL on C: drive - I'm a DBA!" variety) will come unstuck when introduced to the Linux shell rather than relying on click'n'drool tools.
I'd certainly give it a test run, but I'm not sure it would be my first choice of DBMS on a Linux box though.
There are many established vendors in there with proven credentials in that ecosystem.
The world of Microsoft is getting more interesting. I am still trying to wrap my head around the SQL on Linux concept.
What is next? SharePoint and/or Exchange on Linux? Office for Linux?
At my house I use Linux Mint Cinnamon and Windows 10 but have stopped using MS Office. I am now using the open source LibreOffice instead and so far I am not missing anything.
RT
I've been following this "thread" (ie: Microsoft's move to embrace Linux and Linux-like concepts) with increasing interest over the last few months.
While I'm not an MVP myself and therefore not privy to the pre-release code, I've leveraged every resource to find out what I can about it. And I have to say that has only increased my excitement.
Specific to MS-SQL on Linux, I can tell you that my ONLY question now is differences in performance. Installation (again, based on the vague reports and insight I've been able to glean) does not appear to have any voodoo. It sounds like a "pure" Linux implementation. No foreign libraries, no need for WINE or other emulation. So again, my ONLY question is how MS-SQL on Linux performs vs an identical Windows installation.
Broadening the conversation, I have to say that the "headless" server movement, the idea that Win10 may be the last Windows ever, etc all make me think that it may be time to brush off my Microsoft Certs and wear them with a bit more pride.
Same here, adatole. I'll be getting back on the Microsoft certification treadmill once Server 2016 is released, I think.
Unfortunately, Microsoft have been in the doldrums when it comes to Professional Pride for a while now. The problem mainly stems from the apparent ease that certain demographics are able to become Microsoft "experts", and bad experiences with the same "professionals" within the industry have lead to people treating Microsoft certifications as a check box for applications, rather than recognising an MCP as a person that actually has true expertise in a specific Microsoft product they are certified in.
Microsoft are definitely not the only tech giant to suffer from the negative fall out of brain dumping from exams, and hence the huge increase in certified professionals who really don't know the products they hold certifications for, but they seem to be the worst effected, unfortunately.
