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SQL Server 2022 can be run on Windows operating system or on Linux operating system; Dell solutions engineers tested both options.
The first test included SQL Server 2022 running on Windows operating system with VMware virtual machines using vVols. The second test was to setup SQL Server 2022 on Linux container using Red Hat OpenShift as the container orchestration.
In the VMware setup, there were three SQL Server 2022 instances running with Always-On configuration. Availability Group was also configured for the three SQL instances. Windows 2022 Failover clustering and VMware vSphere HA were also configured. This setup provides the highest availability for the SQL Server 2022 instances in a virtualized environment.
In the OpenShift setup, there was one pod configured for SQL Server 2022 with persistent volume using the Dell PowerStore CSI plug-in. This setup enables the ease of management of the SQL Server 2022 pods in OpenShift.
Figure 3. Logical architecture overview