1. Dell EMC SQL Server Solutions Doug Bernhardt Doug.Bernhardt@Dell.com

2. About me Doug Bernhardt (Doug_Bernhardt@dell.com)
Senior Principal Storage Engineer – Dell EMC
6 years at Dell EMC
Responsible for storage solutions around SQL Server integration
26 years in IT
Over 23 years experience with SQL Server
Developer
DBA
Architect
Consultant
I’ll be in the Dell EMC booth at SQLPASS

3. SQL Server Hardware I want to be involved in hardware sizing!
Yes! I finally get to be involved with hardware sizing!
I’m not a hardware expert….
It’s not something I work with all the time
I don’t even have access to the data center
Hardware evolving all of the time
Balance is key
Now what do I do?!?
You’ve heard a lot about software side of SQL Server in terms but one of the things DBAs often struggle with is hardware selection and hardware sizing. You want to be involved, but it’s not exactly in our wheelhouse.

4. Dell EMC SQL Server Solutions
Azure Stack
Ready Solutions for SQL Server
Microsoft Data Warehouse Fast Track
Fortunately, at Dell EMC there are a lot of resources to help! From servers, to storage, to networking, not only do we have all the components to build everything in the data center, but we also have several preconfigured options and solutions that you can leverage

5. Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack
Infrastructure and platform as a service
Azure Stack SQL Server resource provider
Low, Med, High Capacity configurations

6. Ready Solutions for SQL Server
Validated and tested solutions by Dell EMC
Server, storage, and networking components
S,M,L

7. Microsoft Data Warehouse Reference Architecture Program
Aka: Data Warehouse Fast Track
Complete DW solutions developed by Dell EMC and certified by Microsoft
Predetermined balance across key system components - Minimize the risk of overspending for CPU or storage resources that may never be realized at the application level
Predictable out-of-the-box performance - DWFT configuration are built to a capacity that already matches the capabilities of SQL Server for a selected system and target workload
Workload-centric approach - Rather than being a one-size-fits-all approach to the database configuration, the DWFT approach is aligned specifically with a data warehouse workload

8. Data Warehouse Fast Track Process
We have initiated this process with Dell EMC and Microsoft engineering teams whereby the below validations are actioned
Dell EMC executes test runs for the Row Store and Column Store configurations with 12, 24, and 48 sessions each doing a CPU stress test and an I/O stress test (At least 8 hours of runtime)
Extract the data collected by the DWFT tool (perfmon and query stats) and update the DWFT Reference spreadsheet
Upload the spreadsheet to Microsoft for review and final certification
Dell EMC publishes a White Paper/Technical Brief of the solution

9. Data Warehouse Fast Track Workload
Test database derived from the TPC-H schema and data
The workload executes for a fixed duration of 1 hour for each test
We measure I/O stress and CPU stress across 12, 24, and 48 sessions/streams
Memory is limited during the workload run to force I/O
1 or 2 Sockets  118GB Max SQL Server Memory
4 Sockets  236GB Max SQL Server Memory
8+ Sockets  472GB Max SQL Server Memory
For published results, we specify a minimum amount of memory the system must be configurable with
1 Socket  10GB per TB of rated capacity
2 Sockets  12GB per TB of rated capacity
4 Sockets  15GB per TB of rated capacity
8 Sockets  18GB per TB of rated capacity
For example:
a 2 socket system with a 60TB certification must be configured at a minimum of 720GB

10. Reference Configuration Run Data

11. Reference Configuration Certificate

12. Dell EMC Data Warehouse Fast Track Collateral
Solution Reference Architecture Document
Hardware Components
Storage configuration
Server configuration
Windows OS configuration
SQL Server configuration
Certificate
Deployment Guide
Step by Step instructions
Cabling diagrams
Published solutions ranging from 8TB up to 100TB
New solution to be announced at SQLPASS (it’s gonna be big!)

13. More information See me at the Dell table today Dell.com/SQL
Dell.com/storageresources
Dell Virtual Rack – esgvr.dell.com
Connect at SQLPASS