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Polybase Installation for Scale-Out process

This part is the continuation of the previous blog about the introduction of Polybase Scale-Out Group. As we have discussed in our earlier blog PolyBase enables your SQL Server instance to process Transact-SQL queries that read data from external data sources. SQL Server 2016 and higher can access external data in Hadoop and Azure Blob Storage. Starting in SQL Server 2019, PolyBase can be used to access external data in SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, and MongoDB.

To improve query performance, we can use SQL Server PolyBase scale-out groups. This enables parallel data transfer and it adds compute resources for operating on the external data. PolyBase Scale-out Groups, a group of SQL Server instances, enable you to process large external data sets in a parallel processing architecture. Data loading and query performance can increase linearly as you add more SQL Server instances to the group.

In the scenario, we need to add computation power to the existing SQL Server instance to process the T-SQL queries and this can be achieved by implementing the Polybase Scale-Out Group. At least two machines are required to implement the Polybase Scale-Out Group. One can be the Head Node and the other be Compute Node.

Source: Microsoft.com

PolyBase queries are submitted to the SQL Server on the head node. The part of the query that refers to external tables is handed-off to the PolyBase engine.

The Polybase engine is the key component behind PolyBase queries. It parses the query on external data generates the query plan and distributes the work to the data movement service on the compute nodes for execution. After completion of the work, it receives the results from the compute nodes and submits them to SQL Server for processing and returning to the client.

The PolyBase data movement service receives instructions from the PolyBase engine and transfers data between HDFS and SQL Server, and between SQL Server instances on the head and compute nodes.

Polybase implementations steps for the Scale-out process is as follows:

Required Resources:

1.       At least two machines on the same domain to create a Polybase Scale-Out Group with the minimum requirements:

1.1   64-bit SQL Server.

1.2   Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.

1.3   Minimum memory: 4 GB.

1.4   Minimum hard-disk space: 2 GB.

1.5   Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.

1.6   Recommended: Minimum of 16-GB RAM.

2.       SQL Server 2019 (Edition: Enterprise, Standard or Developer)

3.       Domain Account to run Polybase services.

Available Resources:

1.       Machines: SQLCONTROL and SQLCOMPUTE2

2.       SQL Server 2019

3.       Domain Account: SVC-Polybase

Steps to implement:

1.       Install SQL Server 2019 with Polybase Feature using a Domain User Account.

2.       Configure one machine as Head Node(SQLCONTROL).

3.       Join the other machine as Compute Node(SQLCOMPUTE2) in the group.

4.       Create a Database in the Head Node(SQLCONTROL).

5.       Create Master Key Encryption.

6.       Create Database Scoped Credentials.

7.       Create an External Data Source.

8.       Create External Tables.

9.       Start Querying the original Table using External Tables.

Limitations:

1.       Unable to use Table Hints with T-SQL on External Table.

2.       Cannot add Constraints to the Columns on External Tables.

3.       Cannot perform DML Operations on External Table.

Steps to implement: Detailed View

1.       Install SQL Server 2019 with Polybase Feature using a Domain User Account.

1.1   Run the SQL Server setup.exe.

1.2   Select Installation, and then select New standalone SQL Server installation or add features.

1.3   On the Feature Selection page, select PolyBase Query Service for External Data.

1.4 On the Server Configuration page, configure the SQL Server PolyBase Engine Service and SQL Server PolyBase Data Movement Service to run under the same domain account SVC-Polybase.

Source: Mssqltips.com

1.5   Use the SQL Server instance as part of a PolyBase scale-out group. This option opens the firewall to allow incoming connections. Connections are allowed for the SQL Server Database Engine, SQL Server PolyBase Engine, SQL Server PolyBase Data Movement service, and the SQL browser. The firewall also allows incoming connections from other nodes in a PolyBase scale-out group.

1.6   On the PolyBase Configuration page, specify a port range with at least six ports. SQL     Server setup allocates the first six available ports from the range.

1.7   After these options for the Polybase Scale-Out

 

Group are selected, you can proceed with the installation of SQL Server 2019.

1.8   If the installation is with Windows Authentication instead of Mixed, please enable SQL Server Authentication from the Server Properties.

1.9   Create a Generic SQL Server Login in SQLCONTROL, SQLCOMPUTE2. We created a Login SVCPolybase as SQL Server Login with the sysadmin role. You can also access the server with the Domain Account SVC-Polybase in Windows Authentication mode which was created.

To join the Nodes in the scale-out group please follow the blog Polybase Scale-Out Group. Also to create external tables and check the performance of the Polybase scale-out group over standalone structure please refer blog Polybase Installation Guide.

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