Database Edition for Sybase Sales Presentation

Market Drivers DBAs are facing immense time pressure in an environment with ever-increasing data Continuous availability (24x7) of mission- critical Sybase databases –Faster access to data – Performance!! –Easier management of increasing data –Data integrity – High availability

VERITAS Solution: Database Edition for Sybase Building Blocks HA Edition Sybase VCS Agent for Oracle VERITAS Volume Manager VERITAS File System with (Cached) Quick I/O Volume Manager Storage Administrator Database Edition for Oracle

Product Positioning VERITAS Database Edition for Sybase offers raw device performance with file system manageability. Offers equal to raw performance and for high- memory systems even greater performance Offers ease of management of file systems Increases availability of Sybase dataservers

Key Features VxFS with Quick I/O delivers raw disk performance and ease of file system administration Equal or better OLTP throughput Ease-of-use is provided with a Java-based Storage Administrator GUI Visual configuration from a single console HA Edition provides automatic monitoring and recovery of Sybase application

Raw I/O Performance with Ease of File System Management Manageability  “Invisible” locations for segments  Difficult to grow segments Unique, total storage foundation solution to deliver the best of both worlds Database Edition for Sybase Performance  Best OLTP performance Data Reliability  No potential for data loss with data written to disks directly DisadvantagesAdvantages Raw Disks Performance  Lower database throughput (30-90% of raw disk)  Higher CPU overhead Data Integrity Potential data loss Advantages Manageability  Segment organization  System-wide backup and restore policies  Easy to create and add devices for Sybase Disadvantages Conventional File Systems

Quick I/O for Databases Breakthrough VERITAS File System interface technology Presents regular VERITAS File System files to Oracle as raw character devices Allows parallel updates to database files for increased throughput Takes advantage of kernel async I/O (Solaris’ KAIO) Sybase handles locking for data integrity Eliminates traditional UNIX file system overhead Quick I/O regular file raw device RDBMS Server

OLTP Benchmark Results Quick I/O and raw disk I/O produce equal performance for OLTP benchmark Derived from TPC-C - mix of read-only and update- intensive transactions in order-entry environments All configurations include VERITAS Volume Manager. Test configuration included: t Sun Ultra Enterprise 4000 (4 CPUs; 512 MG of RAM) t Solaris t VERITAS Database Edition 1.2 for Sybase t Sybase ASE t TPC-0C scale factor of 100

Cached Quick I/O Overview Implemented as a buffered read, direct write solution Retains data reliability advantage of direct write Gains read-ahead at the File System and memory-to- memory copy performance advantage Easy online management to turn Cache on/off for Quick I/O files Like Quick I/O, enabled on a per-file basis Multiple database instances can co-exist with selective caching for specific datafiles

VERITAS Storage Administrator Simplifies Management Allows one-step graphical execution of common configuration management steps

Database Edition/HA VERITAS Cluster Server Sophisticated availability configuration management Clustered HA solution allowing 2-32 server scalability 1:1, Any:1 and 1:Any policy- based failover Application level cascading failover Fast Kernel-to-Kernel communication & failover Certified 3rd party support for SCSI, SAN & NAS storage Centralized Cluster Manager console for HP-UX, Solaris and Windows NT

Key Selling Points Performance Database Edition Performance achieves at least equal to Raw Device Performance OLTP benchmark results (TPC-C derived) Manageability Even new DBAs can manage Sybase with when the Edition is installed High Availability Applications keep running when servers fail

Supported Platforms Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise , , , and 12.0 SYBASE CERTIFIED

Summary Database Edition for Sybase enables businesses to meet their top database priorities: Optimal performance Manageability High data and database availability

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