Dell EMC PowerMax Storage for Mission-Critical SQL Server Databases

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  White paper overview
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  Audience
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  We value your feedback

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  PowerMax features ad benefits overview
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  PowerMax NVMe back end
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  PowerMax NVMe over fabric
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  Adaptive Compression Engine
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  Exclusive data deduplication
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  PowerMaxOS automated data placement
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  Key benefits of PowerMax systems for SQL Server databases

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  Storage design
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  Host connectivity

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  Introduction to Linux support with SQL Server 2017 and PowerMax with NVMeoF
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  Advantages of SQL Server on Linux
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  Limitations of SQL Server on Linux

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  Test cases overview
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  Test case 1: Quality of Service (QoS) test
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  Test case 2: Scale test
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  Test case 3: Performance upgrade test
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  Test case 4: Onboarding application test
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  Test case 5: Noisy neighbor test
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  Test case 6: End-to-end NVMe test for SQL Server on Linux
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  Test case 7: DSS bandwidth test

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  Dell EMC documentation

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  Supported operating systems
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  Linux system configuration
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  Management tools for SQL Server on Linux

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  Using Windows share
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  Joining AD Domain from RHEL Linux Server
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  Installing SQL Server 2017 for Linux
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  Starting, stopping and checking status of SQL Server 2017 services on Linux

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  Introduction to SQL Server on Kubernetes
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  CSI plug-in
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  Prerequisites
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  Deployment of SQL Server infrastructure
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  Deployment of SQL Server
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  Connecting to the SQL Server instance
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  Planned failover