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	Podcast:		voiceofthedba's podcast
	Episode:		Machine Learning in the Database
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:02:45
	Publish Date:		2018-06-11 20:00:00
	Description:		When SQL Server added the ability to execute R code, the decision seemed to split the customer base into two groups. One group was impressed and thought the idea of executing R code to analyze data in the database was a good idea. They were excited and impressed by the loan classification demo. If you haven't read about this or seen the demo, it's very interesting, and it's something you might take a few minutes to read or watch it. The other group of customers felt this was a poor use of CPU cycles for a very expensive SQL Server CPU license. Running a complex analysis, training models, and other functions commonly associated with R scripts aren't a good use of scarce resources. They would rather have R code execute on a separate server, much like any large messaging workload might be better served by a service such as AWS' Simple Queue Service rather than Service Broker. Read the rest of Machine Learning in the Database
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