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Integrated solutions are created using principles that provide customers with greater value than designing their own solution, which accelerates time-to-market and reduces risks.
This design guide intends to establish a SQL Server database solution that is differentiated by its adherence to protection, scalability, and manageability principles. This solution has been validated by Dell engineers to ensure that the performance of this solution is reliable and fault tolerant.
Dell systems engineers tested Microsoft SQL Server with Dell’s Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) to ensure that the solution is scalable. This storage is highly extensible and can expand its namespaces across many storage systems. This external storage is extremely scalable, and Microsoft SQL Server can use this storage easily through the PolyBase feature and Simple Storage Services (S3) protocol.
The solution was validated with vSphere High Availability and Red Hat OpenShift deployments because manageability is critical when designing a suitable solution for large enterprises. Microsoft SQL Server can back up and restore from Dell’s Elastic Cloud Storage, which helps protect essential data.