Frank Gill notes an exciting new feature in SQL Server 2019:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” -Arthur C. Clarke
In this morning’s keynote session at PASS Summit 2018, public preview of a new feature in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2019 called Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR) was announced. This changes the way that SQL Server handles recovery of a SQL Server instance on start up.
This looks really good for large databases, where recovery can sometimes be measured in hours.