S26.E417 - Escaping the On-Prem Capacity Trap

In this deep dive, we tackle one of the most frustrating bottlenecks in enterprise infrastructure: a fully saturated on-premises Nutanix cluster that is actively blocking a mission-critical upgrade to SQL Server 2022 and its advanced intelligent query processing features. How do you reclaim local compute and storage without buying new hardware? You evacuate the VDI.

Our hosts break down the strategic move to shift VDI workloads to the cloud while maintaining the performance of "chatty" legacy client/server applications connected to Dallas-based databases. We explore the physics of network…