How to Make Your Virtualized SQL Server Even BetterHigher Availability & Lower CostsConnor.Cox@DH2i.com

Server Virtualization Appeal

• Ease of provisioning• Physical consolidation• VM mobility• Disaster recovery• Lower TCO• Other? Type your response in the GoToMeeting

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But Virtualization Isn’t A Cure-All.

• No application-level HA• Patch/update/upgrade challenges• OS sprawl• Management challenges• Cost

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DH2i’s DxEnterprise Make your virtualization investment even better

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• SQL Server management tool• Built-in instance-level HA/DR• Minimize downtime for

upgrades & updates• Avoid Enterprise Edition & SA• Ease management and reduce

sprawl

DxEnterprise is Workload Mobility

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Move any SQL Server instance,Docker container, service, or file share…

…from any host to anyhost, anywhere, anytime…

…all with data persistence

DxEnterprise® HA and DR Protection

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• Automated HA w/ Smart Availability™ » Automated protection from: infrastructure, OS,

application binaries, and configuration faults; and most pilot errors

» SLA assurance with application-based QoS

• Disaster recovery and resilience » Simple orchestrated low RTO multi-subnet DR

» Data replication mechanism is your choice

Any Infrastructure, Any Mix

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• HA & portability for any SQL Server instance, Docker container, windows service, or file share » 2008R2-2016 Windows Server OS, any

edition» RHEL/CentOS 7+, Ubuntu 16+» 2005-2017 SQL Server, any edition» Any Docker container» Physical, virtual & cloud» Shared and/or replicated storage

• Infrastructure independence & easy modernization » Simple OS, application and infrastructure

modernization» No vendor or infrastructure lock-in

Unparallelled Cost and Complexity Reduction

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• Most efficient consolidation» Lightest weight mobility

» Stack instances and containers

• Average 5-15 per server

• Customers save on average 25-60%» Fewer servers to license

» Avoid premium software editions/SA

» Reclaim licenses for future use

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DxEnterprise Demo

• Install DxEnterprise on existing SQL Server VMs• Add a SQL Server instance under management• Fail instance over into new SQL and OS version• Show stacked instances for consolidation & cost savings

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Virtualization Challenges, Revisited

• No application-level HA• Patch/update/upgrade challenges• OS sprawl• Management challenges• Cost

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PSA: SQL Server 2008 & 2008 R2End of Extended Support is 7/9/2019

• End-of-Support Options» Purchase Premium Assurance» Do nothing and risk security, regulatory, and

compliance issues» Upgrade before the deadline

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