Windows Server 2012R2 is the best platform for mission-critical SQL Server workloads (OLTP, DW, and BI) with better scalability, performance, and availability for physical and virtual environments Windows Server 2012R2 Hyper-V is the best virtualization pl atform for SQL Server Microsoft Azure is the best public cloud platform for running SQL Server workloads

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On Premises / Virtualization Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Data Applications Runtime You manage Infrastructure (as a Service) Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Data Applications Runtime Managed by vendor You manage Platform (as a Service) Managed by vendor You manage Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Applications Runtime Data Software (as a Service) Managed by vendor Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Applications Runtime Data

Avoid running programs such as anti-virus software on the parent partition. (Run them on the child partition if they are required.) Use hardware that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). Enable Hyper-Threading (if hardware supports it) Use Server Core

Weights & Reserves vNUMA (SQL & IIS 8) LP:VP Ratios: SQL – N/A Dynamic Memory SQL – Yes…but VM Synthetic vNIC DVMQ or SR-IOV In-Guest Teaming Network QoS Fixed VHDX (64TB) Separate VHDXs No Snapshots Virtual FC In Guest iSCSI Host Storage: DAS, SMB, FC, iSCSI SAS, SSD etc.

Increase virtual machine density Increase virtual machine memory resources, as needed, without reboot downtime Reclaim unused virtual machine memory resources for reallocation Improved scalability and performance Dynamic Memory Virtual machine Maximum memory Minimum memory Startup Virtual machine Maximum memory Minimum memory Virtual machine Maximum memory Minimum memory

Projects NUMA topology onto avirtual machine Allows guest operating systemsand applications to makeintelligent NUMA decisions Aligns guest NUMA nodes withhost resources Non-Uniform Memory Access Guest NUMA topology by default matches host NUMA topology vNUMA node AvNUMA node BvNUMA node AvNUMA node B NUMA node 1NUMA node 2NUMA node 3NUMA node 4

Features Storage capacity up to 64 TBs Corruption protection during power failures Optimal structure alignment for large-sectordisks Benefits Increases storage capacity Protects data Helps to ensure quality performance on large-sector disks VHDX Large allocations and 1 MB aligned Header region Data region (large allocations and 1 MB aligned) Metadata region (small allocations and unaligned) Intent log Block Allocation Table (BAT) Metadata table User data blocks Sector bitmap blocks User metadata File metadata Header

Capabilities Improved performance of virtual harddisks on 512e disks Ability to host virtual hard disks onnative 4 KB disks Benefits Reduces impact of 512e disks on virtual hard disk stack Workloads complete more quickly Virtual hard disk 4 KB block (blue) not aligned with physical 4 KB boundary Physical sector 0Physical sector Logical sector Sector bitmap

Live migration maintaining Fibre Channel connectivity Hyper ‑ V host 1 Hyper ‑ V host 2 Worldwide Name Set B Worldwide Name Set A Worldwide Name Set B Virtual machine LIVE MIGRATION Unmediated access to a storage areanetwork (SAN) Hardware-based I/O path to virtual harddisk stack N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support Single Hyper ‑ V host connected to different SANs Up to four Virtual Fibre Channel adapterson a virtual machine Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality Live migration Access Fibre Channel SAN data from a virtual machine Worldwide Name Set A

Highly available, shared data store for SQL Server databases and Hyper-V workloads Increased flexibility, and easier provisioning and management Ability to take advantage of existing network infrastructure No application downtime for planned maintenance or unplanned failures with failover clustering Highly available scale-out file server Built-in encryption support File Server Cluster Cluster Shared Volumes Single File System Namespace SMB Single Logical Server \\Foo\Share RAID Array SAN Windows Virtualized Storage Physical Storage Storage Pool Storage Space Hyper-V Cluster Microsoft SQL Server

NIC Teaming Virtual adapters Team network adapter Operating system Provides network fault tolerance andcontinuous availability when network adaptersfail by teaming multiple network interfaces Vendor agnostic and shipped inbox Provides local or remote managementthrough Windows PowerShell or UI Enables teams of up to 32 network adapters Aggregates bandwidth from multiple networkadapters Includes multiple nodes: switch dependentand independent

Increases network throughput Reduces network latency Reduces host CPU overhead forprocessing network traffic Benefits Maximizes use of host systemprocessors and memory Handles the most demandingworkloads Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Virtual machine Network stack Software NICVirtual function (VF) Hyper-V Extensible Switch SR-IOV network adapterVF

File Client SMB Buffer File Server With RDMAWithout RDMA App Buffer SMB Buffer OS Buffer Driver Buffer SMB Buffer OS Buffer Driver Buffer App Buffer SMB Buffer rNIC NIC Adapter Buffer NIC Adapter Buffer Adapter Buffer Adapter Buffer iWARP InfiniBand Higher performance through offloading of network I/O processing onto network adapter Higher throughput with low latency and ability to take advantage of high-speed networks (such as InfiniBand and iWARP) Remote storage at the speed of direct storage Transfer rate of around 50 Gbps on a single NIC port Compatible with SMB Multichannel for load balancing and failover

On Premises / Virtualization Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Data Applications Runtime You manage Infrastructure (as a Service) Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Data Applications Runtime Managed by vendor You manage Platform (as a Service) Managed by vendor You manage Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Applications Runtime Data Software (as a Service) Managed by vendor Storage Servers Networking OS Middleware Virtualization Applications Runtime Data

Basic Small database Single operation at one point in time 2GB Max DB Size Standard Typical workgroup or web application Multiple concurrent transactions 250 GB Max DB Size Premium Mission-critical applications High volume of concurrent transactions 500 GB Max DB Size Note: Web and Business tiers are being retired

PurposeA-seriesCPUMemoryDisks GeneralA0Shared768 MB1 GeneralA GB2 GeneralA223.5 GB4 GeneralA347 GB8 GeneralA4814 GB16 Memory-intensiveA5214 GB16 Memory-intensiveA6428 GB8 Memory-intensiveA7856 GB16 Network-intensiveA8856 GB Network-intensiveA GB Compute-intensiveA10856 GB Compute-intensiveA GB PurposeD-seriesCPUMemoryDisksSSD GeneralD112.5 GB250 GB GeneralD227 GB4100 GB GeneralD3414 GB8200 GB GeneralD4828 GB16400 GB Memory-intensiveD11214 GB4100 GB Memory-intensiveD12428 GB8200 GB Memory-intensiveD13856 GB16400 GB Memory-intensiveD GB32800 GB

Virtual Machine Size CPU Cores Memory Disk Space for Cloud Services Temporary Disk Space for Virtual Machines Maximum data disks (1 TB each) Maximum IOPS (Standard tier) Maximum IOPS (Basic tier) A0 - ExtraSmallShared768 MB19 GB20 GB11x5001x300 A1 - Small11.75 GB224 GB70 GB22x5002x300 A2 - Medium23.5 GB489 GB135 GB44x5004x300 A3 - Large47 GB999 GB285 GB88x5008x300 A4 - ExtraLarge814 GB2,039 GB605 GB1616x50016x300 A5214 GB489 GB135 GB44x500 A6428 GB999 GB285 GB88x500 A7856 GB2,039 GB605 GB1616x500 A8856 GB1.77 TB382 GB1616x500 A GB1.77 TB382 GB1616x500

Virtual Machine Size CPU Cores Memory Disk Space for Cloud Services Temporary Disk Space for Virtual Machines Maximum data disks (1 TB each) Maximum IOPS STANDARD_D113.5 GB50 GB50 GB (SSD)11x500 STANDARD_D227 GB100 GB100 GB (SSD)22x500 STANDARD_D3414 GB200 GB200 GB (SSD)44x500 STANDARD_D4828 GB400 GB400 GB (SSD)88x500 STANDARD_D11214 GB100 GB100 GB (SSD)22x500 STANDARD_D12428 GB200 GB200 GB (SSD)44x500 STANDARD_D13856 GB400 GB400 GB (SSD)88x500 STANDARD_D GB800 GB800 GB (SSD)1616x500

VM sizeCPU coresMax. IOPSMax. disk bandwidth STANDARD_DS113,20032 MB per second STANDARD_DS226,40064 MB per second STANDARD_DS3412, MB per second STANDARD_DS4825, MB per second STANDARD_DS1126,40064 MB per second STANDARD_DS12412, MB per second STANDARD_DS13825, MB per second STANDARD_DS141650, MB per second

G-seriesCPUMemoryLocal SSDPersistent disks Standard_G1228 GB412 GB4 Standard_G2456 GB824 GB8 Standard_G38112 GB1,649 GB16 Standard_G GB3,298 GB32 Standard_G GB6,596 GB64

Windows Server 2012R2 is the best platform for mission-critical SQL Server workloads (OLTP, DW, and BI) with better scalability, performance, and availability for physical and virtual environments Windows Server 2012R2 Hyper-V is the best virtualization pl atform for SQL Server Microsoft Azure is the best public cloud platform for running SQL Server workloads