AES-NI Encryption Support in SQL Server 2016
Microsoft’s Bob Dorr has recently consolidated a series of CSS posts about many low-level performance improvements in SQL Server 2016. One of these posts, SQL
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Microsoft’s Bob Dorr has recently consolidated a series of CSS posts about many low-level performance improvements in SQL Server 2016. One of these posts, SQL
Updated March 31, 2016: Today, Intel has released the fourth generation, 14nm Xeon E5-2600 v4 processor family, code-named “Broadwell-EP”. This is a Tick release from
Franck Delattre has released CPU-Z 1.73, which adds more Windows 10 support, an L4 cache frequency display (useful for some Intel Broadwell processors), and a
Over the past six years, I have written a number of articles and blog posts about processor selection for SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014,
On May 5, 2015, Intel announced the new E7 v3 Product Family, which is also known as the Haswell-EX, which is meant for four and
I recently was working with a customer who had purchased a new Lenovo ThinkServer RD640 with two 22nm Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 Ivy Bridge-EP processors.
Imagine that you have been given the go-ahead to upgrade your entire data platform stack from SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition to SQL Server 2014
With the existing supply of high-performance and very affordable desktop computer components, it is not very difficult to assemble an extremely high performance workstation for
A couple of weeks ago, two new TPC-E benchmark submissions showed up for four-socket servers with the new 22nm, 15-core Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 processor
On February 6-7, 2014, I will be teaching IEHW: Immersion Event on SQL Server Hardware in Tampa, FL. This is a great opportunity for you
On January 9, Intel launched the 22nm Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 Product Family (Ivy Bridge-EN) of processors for two-socket servers. For SQL Server usage, this
As we move towards the end of 2013, 4th generation Intel Core processors are becoming more readily available in new machines at a wider range
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