Aaron is a senior consultant for
SQL Sentry, Inc., makers of performance monitoring and event management software for SQL Server, Analysis Services, and Windows. He has been blogging here at sqlblog.com since 2006, focusing on manageability, performance, and new features; has been a
Microsoft MVP since 1997; tweets as
@AaronBertrand; and speaks frequently at user group meetings and
SQL Saturday events.
They call it their new, massively scalable data warehousing solution; they say it can load 1TB per hour and support data warehouses in the petabyte range, all on commodity hardware. Bold claims, for sure, and I bet you're thinking, "I'll believe it when I see it."
If you can get on Microsoft's TAP list (TAP = Technical Adoption Program) and meet other undisclosed criteria, you can see it now. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until 2010H1. For more details, see:
http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2009/08/24/microsoft-ships-the-first-technology-preview-for-project-code-named-madison.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/madison.aspx
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