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K. FeaselPolyBase Revealedhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5461-5_1

1. Installing and Configuring PolyBase

Kevin Feasel1 
(1)
Durham, NC, USA
 

In this first chapter, we will install PolyBase for SQL Server 2019. The first part of this chapter will help you decide if you should install PolyBase as a standalone service or as part of a Scale-Out Group—that is, a cluster of machines working together to solve data problems in parallel. The second part of this chapter will walk you through installing PolyBase as a standalone service running on a single machine. Then we will look at the alternative: installing PolyBase as part of a PolyBase Scale-Out Group. Finally, we will cover initial PolyBase configuration, regardless of which installation ...

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