HPE Storage solutions for SQL Server #HPEMSFT Rambo WANG TME, HPE Storage
Top challenges for SQL Server infrastructure
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Lost nights and weekendsHow can we spend less time on endless firefighting, troubleshooting, and maintenance?
Cost of rapid data growthDid you know that data copies now consume more space than production data?
Need for faster innovation How can we deliver new applications and ideas to market faster?
There is always an HPE Storage solution suits your environment!
Different infrastructure and storage consumption patterns
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On-premise and off-premise workloads
On-premiseworkloads
IT bornin the cloud
– There is always an HPE Storage solution suits your environment!
Systemautomation
Containerplatforms
Containertypes
Popular use cases
‒ Data protection
‒ Business continuity
‒ Development and testing
‒ Reporting, analytics, audit, security, patches and updates, and more…
Consistent performance with predictive flash
99.9999% guaranteed availability
from storage
HPE Storage solutions for SQL ServerThere is always an HPE Storage solution suits your environment!
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Worry-free SQL Server infrastructure with AI for the data center
Fast, efficient SQL Server copy data management for hybrid cloud
DevOps and cloud ready
A simple SQL Server in a department or ROBO
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SimpliVity
• Virtual Environment simplicity for Compute and Storage, even Network as well;
• Minimal management effort with maximize data efficiency;
• Build-in VSS-aware Snapshot to keep SQL Server data consistency during backup and DR replication;
• Build-in HW Data Deduplication/Compress to keep Windows/SQL maximum compatibility;
Legacy servers and hypervisor
Storage switch
HA shared storage
SSD array
Backup and dedupe
WAN optimization
Cloud gateway
Storage caching
Data protection apps (backup and replication)
Complex, Manual Networking
SQL VM
SQL VM
Web VM
App VM
File VM
Windows Server / Hyper-V
Storage Luns
SQL VM
SQL VM
Web VM
App VM
File VM
Windows Server / Hyper-V
Storage Luns
SQL VM
SQL VM
Web VM
App VM
File VM
Windows Server / Hyper-V
Storage Luns
SQL VM
SQL VM
Web VM
App VM
File VM
Windows Server / Hyper-V
Storage Luns
SQL Servers in Data Centers
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HPE SimpliVity Data Virtualization
Platform
Global ROBO Data Efficiency
Data Centers
SimpliVity
HPE Primary Storage Array
HPE Storage solutions for SQL Server @ on-premise DC
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• All Flash-optimized • Predictive• Tier-1 with 6*9s;• Full PowerShell script-able
HPE 3PAR-A
Peer PersistenceSynchronous replication
HPE 3PAR-C
HPE Primary Storage Array3PAR/Nimble
HPE 3PAR-B
Peer Persistence + 3DC • Concurrent metro-distance synchronous
copy and continental distance asynchronous copy for a single volume
Async
Peer Persistence• RPO + RTO = 0• High Availability across metro
distances• Automatic Transparent Failover
HA+DR with Peer Persistence + 3DC, anything else?
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• All Flash-optimized • Predictive• Tier-1 with 6*9s;• Full PowerShell script-able
HPE 3PAR-A
Peer PersistenceSynchronous replication
HPE 3PAR-C
HPE Primary Storage Array
HPE 3PAR-B
Peer Persistence + 3DC • Concurrent metro-distance synchronous
copy and continental distance asynchronous copy for a single volume
Async
Peer Persistence• RPO + RTO = 0• High Availability across metro
distances• Automatic Transparent Failover
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A backup plan is always required and should be executed!
HPE unique RMC-S “Flash to Cloud” Data Protection
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HPE 3PAR
Nimble*
HPE RMC-S– Application managed data protection – Protecting workloads at the speed of
flash - 23x faster backup, 15x faster restore by Express Protect/Restore
– Backup with zero impact to DB servers, comparing to nomrla SQL Backup will typically impacts DB transactions/sec by 5x (from Evaluator Group testing )
– Copy Data Management not only to local Backup Appliance but also to Public/Private Cloud in Dedupe/Compression/Encrypted format;
– Minimal cost and complexity – backup direct from 3PAR to StoreOnce
– Protects both physical and virtualized SQL Servers;
Cloud Bank Storage
Azure/AWS/Scality
HPE StorageStoreOnce
23x Faster backup15x Faster restore
HPE RMC
Is SQL Server Backup always slow?
• Heavy load on storage during backup• The backup window will be long• During restore, after DB files restored, the log files
has to be restored/replayed again, affecting RTO;
Log file being copiedDB checkpointcreated
Log file captures all write IOs during backup
I/O
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• Minimum load on storage during backup with Express Protect
• SQL Server log files to be copied almost Zero• During restore, barely no log reply;
I/O
t3PAR Snapshot
Created3PAR Snapshot
Delete
From SQL server POV, backup window 0
DB checkpoint. created
Backup finishedFile copy
Backup Solutions for other storage platforms
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Any Storage Platform
HPE Catalyst Plugin for MS SQL Server– Application managed data protection – Copy Data Management not only to
local Backup Appliance but also to Public/Private Cloud in Dedupe/Compression/Encrypted format;
– Minimal cost and complexity – No extra license required except HPE StoreOnce Backup Appliance with Catalyst license
Cloud Bank Storage
Azure/AWS/Scality
HPE StorageStoreOnce
HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Plug-in for MS SQL/Oracle/SAPHANA
Intelligent SQL data processing
SQL Server: Virtual Backup Device Interface (VDI) API
Enabling off-premises data protection for Azure StackHPE Cloud Bank Storage and Azure Blob Storage
For HPE and Channel Partner internal use only 12
HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack running workload VMs
HPE StoreOnce appliance
(on-premises)
Veritas NetBackupmedia server
Azure Blob Storage
On-prem private cloud object store
Public cloud(xSP)
HPE
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Key benefits– Wide choice of cloud deployments
– Cost-effective and high performance with long-term retention
– Reliable disaster recovery using off-site backup data copies without having to invest in off-site facilities