Chapter 2Introducing database server components
In this chapter, we cover the components that make up a typical database infrastructure. The chapters that follow provide more detail about designing, implementing, and provisioning databases.
SQL Server runs on Windows and Linux, as well as in Docker containers. Microsoft has crafted it to work the same way that it does on Windows. The saying “it’s just SQL Server” applies, but here we highlight places where there are differences.
We first discuss hardware. No matter which configuration you end up using, there are ...
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