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Yes, and the cost savings go well beyond a Windows license + SA. Being able to leverage an existing toolchain for configuration management and deployment is a h
by teilo 10y ago
Yes, and the cost savings go well beyond a Windows license + SA. Being able to leverage an existing toolchain for configuration management and deployment is a huge cost savings, given that the Windows alternatives are both expensive, more difficult to use, and break a lot more (IMHO).
- Scuds 10y agoapt install mssql-server https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/sql-server-linux-setup-ubuntu https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/sql-server-linux-... and for the people doing docker https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/mssql-server-linux/ https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/mssql-server-linux/
- teilo 10y agoI was thinking more of Ansible, but yeah. I've done SQL Server installs on Windows Core, and it is painful. Aside from the obscure PowerShell commands, you have to write a config file - just to get the damn thing installed. Rubbish. (I hear it's gotten better in 2016 though).