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This guide describes design and configuration best practices of a VMware-based virtualized SQL database solution that uses PowerEdge servers and PowerStore storage. The guide provides an overview of the architecture design and deployment best practices of the entire stack, including the compute, network, and storage design. It highlights the best practices that are based on the layers in the database management stack: storage, servers, network, VMware vSphere, operating system, and database configuration.