Windocks now supports Postgres and MySQL containers and database cloning, the first commercially support for Postgres and MySQL containers on Windows. The combination of containers with on demand database environments is a recognized best practice for development and test, and
Windocks new support for live secondary databases is a game changer for a growing number of use cases. Near real-time access to production databases is a boon for devops, database migration, production database debug support, and even DR with “readiness
AWS RDS is growing in popularity for managed and scalable SQL Server databases as a service. Support for SQL Server Report Server, however, has been limited to conventional instances on EC2 VMs. Read about a new approach that applies SSRS containers for greater scalability and
Containers combined with database cloning is being used to modernize software development. But, the journey toward automated DevOps processes is a step-wise progression. In this article we look at some practical steps to answer the question of “should I be backing up developers
Cohesity is a leader in secondary data management and storage, so it’s not surprising that Windocks customers have asked for turn-key stateful management of Cohesity data with delivery to SQL Server containers and instances. The combination of enterprise class data storage with SQL Server…
Migrations of SQL Server databases to a recent release is an ongoing challenge of SQL Server DBAs. In this article we take a look at how containers and database cloning can simplify the process, with an in-depth look at migration of SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2017 Linux
Containers are a new capability for Windows, and SQL Server containers in particular have evolved significantly since their introduction in 2016. In this article we take an in-depth look at Microsoft’s and Windocks Windows SQL Server
In this article we examine the use of SSRS containers combined with database cloning as a new approach to SSRS scale out, and one that supports use of SQL Server standard
In this blog we take a look at how Windocks approaches relational data management differently from other container engines, by including data as a container
In this article we look at how database cloning can scale to provide on-demand delivery of SQL Server data warehouses of 20 TB or more in size, for an effective on-demand capacity of 1 PB of SQL