What’s in Windows Server 2012 for SQL Server N.Raja / James Crawshaw Technology Specialists - Microsoft DBI332

SQL Server HA Options Database Mirroring Logical Recovery Standby Log Shipping with Restore Delay Production Database Replication Clustering Database Mirroring Primary disaster site for databases Log Shipping Additional disaster sites for databases Logical recovery Replication Database reporting and read scale out with redundancy Clustering Local server redundancy Always On Storage Partner Solutions Site storage HA Highest hardware reliability Warm Standby Hot Standby Backup Database Scale Out for Queries

SQL Server Disks SQL Server Disks Storage Area Network (FC / iSCSI)

SQL Server Scale Out File Server Disks File Access (SMB)Block Access

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File Server Cluster Node A Node B \\fs1\share SQL Server

Hyper-V File Server Shared Storage Shared Storage Hyper-V SQL Server IIS VDI Deskto p Hyper-V SQL Server IIS VDI Deskto p Hyper-V SQL Server IIS VDI Deskto p

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File Server Cluster Node A Node B \\fs1\share SQL Server

ConfigurationBW MB/sec IOPS IOs/sec %CPU Privileged RDMA (SMB Direct)10,90083,4008 Local Storage11,20085,5005 ConfigurationBW MB/sec IOPS IOs/sec %CPU Privileged RDMA (SMB Direct)4,550555,00055 Local Storage4,870595,00029

Windows Server 2008 R2 VMware vSphere 5 Windows Server ,000 IOPs300,000 IOPs1,000,000+ IOPs Industry Leading IO Performance VM storage performance on par with native Performance scales linearly with increase in virtual processors Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V can virtualize over 99% of the world’s SQL Server. Hyper-V: Over 1 Million IOPs from a Single VM

Clustered File Server Application Servers Single File System Namespace Cluster Shared Volumes Single Logical File Server (\\fs\share) Data Center Network (Ethernet, InfiniBand or combination)

demo Managing SQL Server databases on SMB file shares

> smbsofs33 Server: stb-red-dc-01.stbtest.microsoft.com Address: Non-authoritative answer: smbsofs33.ntdev.corp.microsoft.com Name: smbsofs33.ntdev.corp.microsoft.com Addresses: 2001:4898:0:fff:0:5efe: :4898:0:fff:0:5efe: :4898:0:fff:0:5efe:

Scale-Out File Server Cluster Node A Node B SQL Server Node C Get-SmbWitnessClient | FL ClientName, FileServerNodeName, WitnessNodeName ClientName : SQLServer FileServerNodeName : A WitnessNodeName : B Move-SmbWitnessClient –ClientName SQLServer –DestinationNode C

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demo Hyper-V Replica for applications

And more from Windows Server 2012 Now…… Storage Spaces (JBOD) Continuously Available File Server (SMB) SQL Database on SMB Transparent Failover when FS fails MultiChannel Throughput Advantage (& RDMA) Skill Set (All you need to learn is Windows) Hyper-V Replica (For DR & Others) Live Migration Over Different Subnets without changing any config Shared Nothing Live Migration (across Clusters!)

Key Advantages over VMware vSphere CapabilityResource Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V VMware vSphere 5.1 Ent Plus Scalability, Performance, Density Active Virtual Machines Per Host 3841, Memory Per Virtual Machine 64 GB1 TB Virtual Processors Per Virtual Machine 464 Maximum Nodes Per Hyper-V Cluster Maximum Virtual Machines per Hyper-V Cluster 1,0008,0003,000 SR-IOV with Live Migration Support NoYesNo Storage Native 4KB Disk Support NoYesNo Maximum Virtual Disk Size 2 TB64 TB2 TB Encrypted Cluster Storage NoYesNo Secure Multitenancy Open Extensible Switch NoYesClosed Resource Metering NoYesChargeback Req. Flexible Infrastructure 1GB Simultaneous Live Migrations 1Unlimited4 10GB Simultaneous Live Migrations 1Unlimited8 Live Storage Migration NoYes Shared Nothing Live Migration NoYes Network Virtualization NoYesVXLAN Req. High Availability Virtual Machine Replication Yes Guest OS Application Monitoring NoYesAPI Only Guest Clustering with Live Mig & Dyn Memory Yes No