Improving Availability in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database

2020

TL; DR

Learn about two innovations in – Accelerated Database Recovery and Resumable Operations – that will help you meet even the strictest SLAs by reducing startup and maintenance time and increasing up-time.

Session Details

Have you ever stared at your database wondering if that transaction will ever finish rolling back? Maybe you rebooted the server to see if it would help and then the database was in recovery for hours? Gave up on index rebuilds because you can’t possibly get them done in a single maintenance window? If this sounds familiar, this session is for you! Learn about two innovations in SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database – Accelerated Database Recovery and Resumable Operations – that will help you meet even the strictest SLAs by reducing startup and maintenance time and increasing up-time.

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