Testing SQL Server 2022 QAT Backup Compression Software Mode on AMD
For me as a DBA one of the interesting new features in SQL Server 2022 is the support for Intel QAT compression with backups with compression algorithm QAT Deflate. Backup and Restore are bread and butter things for us DBAs. Unfortunately as time goes by and database size increases backup processes tend to run longer and longer. As these are small changes over longer time frames it typically is difficult to observe till you wake up one morning….production is not…