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Polybase : Polybase Scale-Out Group

In the last blog, we discussed the Introduction of the Polybase and the Implementation process of Polybase in SQL Server. PolyBase Scale-out Group consists of multiple virtual machines, each having its own SQL server instances which help in parallel processing and distribution of data. Data loading and query performance can increase in the direct proportion of the number of SQL server instances on each virtual machine.

Polybase scale-out group is a master-slave architecture. The scale-out group works together to supply the necessary computation resources. The Polybase scale-out group helps in data virtualization and scale-out reads with its readers and writers.

Polybase scale-out group is a master-slave architecture that contains one Head node and one or more compute nodes.

1) Master node:

The head node contains the SQL Server instance to which Polybase queries are submitted. Each PolyBase group can have only one head node. The master node distributes work to slave or compute nodes using data movement service on the compute nodes for execution.

2) Compute-Slave node:

A compute node contains the SQL Server instance that assists with scale-out query processing on external data. A PolyBase group can have multiple compute nodes.

The part of the query that refers to external tables is handed-off to the PolyBase engine. It parses the query on external data, generates the query plan and data movement service distributes work to compute nodes. The final result is brought back to the Head node.

Steps for Polybase Scale-out group implementation:

1) Install the same version of SQL Server 2016 onwards with PolyBase on N machines in the same Domain.

In our example, we are installing Polybase on SQLCONTROL, SQLCOMPUTE2 virtual machines. Please refer Polybase Installation blog which has stepwise instructions on how to install polybase.

 2) Configure scale-out group with SQLCONTROL as Master and SQLCOMPUTE2 as a slave:

Run the stored procedure sp_polybase_join_group in SQLCONTROL SQL Server in SQLCONTROL  virtual machine.

EXEC sp_polybase_join_group 'SQLCONTROL', 16450, 'MSSQLSERVER';

Then run the same stored procedure sp_polybase_join_group in SQLCOMPUTE2 SQL Server in SQLCOMPUTE2  virtual machine.

EXEC sp_polybase_join_group 'SQLCOMPUTE2', 16450, 'MSSQLSERVER';

Once it is successful then restart the Polybase engine and Polybase data movement service.

3) Run the below dynamic view to check if Polybase scale-out group is created.  

Select * from sys.dm_exec_compute_nodes; 

 

Fig 1: Polybase scale-out group

4)  Remove a compute node from using sp_polybase_leave_group.

If you want to remove the compute node from the polybase scale-out group then you can do it by using the sp_polybase_leave_group procedure.

Notes:

Each machine hosting SQL Server must in the same network domain.

Each SQL Server instance must be running the same version of SQL Server with a version greater than or equal to 2016.

We can only install PolyBase once per physical or virtual machine.

 

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