{"id":847,"date":"2017-07-03T11:45:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/erin\/?p=847"},"modified":"2017-07-03T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T18:47:00","slug":"migrating-to-in-memory-oltp-whats-stopping-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/migrating-to-in-memory-oltp-whats-stopping-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating to In-Memory OLTP&#8230;what&#8217;s stopping you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past few months I&#8217;ve had several clients reach out about migrating to In-Memory OLTP solutions.\u00a0 When the second or third request rolled in I remember thinking, &#8220;Finally!&#8221;\u00a0 As in, I&#8217;ve been wondering why businesses haven&#8217;t been looking to implement In-Memory sooner.\u00a0 In fact, I added a section on In-Memory to our IEPTO2 course because with the availability of the feature in SQL Server 2016 SP1 (yes, there are memory limitations, but it&#8217;s a good place to start) I figured we would see an uptick in interest.\u00a0 But here we are, half way through 2017 and over 6 months since the release of SQL Server 2016 SP1, and I still see a lot of hesitation around it.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a post over on SQLPerformance last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/sqlperformance.com\/2017\/06\/sql-performance\/dml-in-memory-oltp\">Testing DML Statements for In-Memory OLTP<\/a>, and that generated some discussions on Twitter.\u00a0 So I figured it was time for a post to find out what&#8217;s holding companies back.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t a true poll &#8211; it&#8217;s a fill-in-the-blank.\u00a0 As in: <strong>post a comment<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you have considered migrating to In-Memory and then didn&#8217;t, I want to understand why.\u00a0 I recognize there are limitations &#8211; the product is still new and it&#8217;s evolving.\u00a0 But perhaps if we understand the largest inhibitors to migration we can help move them up on Microsoft&#8217;s list via Connect and other pathways.\u00a0 Understand I am asking for <em>specifics<\/em> here, for example: we can&#8217;t use In-Memory tables because they don&#8217;t support spatial data types.\u00a0 Whatever the reason, share it via a comment.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m giving this a week or so, then I&#8217;ll write a follow up either discussing trends, debunking myths, showing some testing, or perhaps just talking about why I&#8217;m sad that no one uses In-Memory OLTP.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 In all seriousness, I have no idea what the follow up will look like, it all depends on whether you and your friends share info!\u00a0 Until then, thanks for reading and commenting!<\/p>\n<p>(And if you&#8217;re in the US, please have a safe 4th of July&#8230;no one wants to go to the hospital after trying to set off fireworks at home&#8230;just ask my friend who&#8217;s a hand surgeon, it&#8217;s her least favorite time of year!)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-848\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/explosion-firework-new-year-s-eve-december-31.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/explosion-firework-new-year-s-eve-december-31.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks from the professionals\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/explosion-firework-new-year-s-eve-december-31.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/explosion-firework-new-year-s-eve-december-31-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks from the professionals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past few months I&#8217;ve had several clients reach out about migrating to In-Memory OLTP solutions.\u00a0 When the second or third request rolled in I remember thinking, &#8220;Finally!&#8221;\u00a0 As in, I&#8217;ve been wondering why businesses haven&#8217;t been looking to implement In-Memory sooner.\u00a0 In fact, I added a section on In-Memory to our IEPTO2 course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Migrating to In-Memory OLTP...what&#039;s stopping you? 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