SQL Server Big Data Clusters: Early First Edition Based on Release Candidate 1

© Benjamin Weissman and Enrico van de Laar 2019

B. Weissman, E. van de LaarSQL Server Big Data Clusters https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5110-2_1

1. What Are Big Data Clusters?

Benjamin Weissman¹  and Enrico van de Laar²

(1)

Nurnberg, Germany

(2)

Drachten, The Netherlands

 

SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters – or just Big Data Clusters – are a new feature set within SQL Server 2019 with a broad range of functionality around Data Virtualization, Data Mart Scale Out, and Artificial Intelligence.

SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters are only available as part of the box product SQL Server. This is despite Microsoft’s “cloud-first” strategy to release new features and functionality to Azure first and eventually roll it over to the on-premise versions later (if ...