SQL Server Big Data Clusters: Data Virtualization, Data Lake, and AI Platform

© Benjamin Weissman and Enrico van de Laar 2020

B. Weissman, E. van de LaarSQL Server Big Data Clusters https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5985-6_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 (AI).

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-premises versions later ...