Scalable, enterprise-class availability for SQL Server databases
Application availability is critical to business success. To support mission critical applications and ensure their availability, Hitachi storage systems offer scalable, enterprise-class storage environments for SQL Server databases, meeting or exceeding all the requirements for Microsoft’s "Always On" solution. Always On was designed by Microsoft to support high application availability with Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
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Businesses large and small are recognizing the need for an available, scalable storage foundation for their growing, business critical applications. Hitachi Data Systems brings enterprise-class availability, performance and ease of management to organizations of all sizes. It also offers a robust storage solution that is easy to install and integrate with Microsoft® SQL Server, Exchange and other common applications. Our storage systems have decades of experience engineered into them and can direct even the low-level activities of the storage system. While many options exist to uniquely tune a system’s behavior for the most demanding Microsoft SQL Server applications, Hitachi controllers make effective input/output (I/O) decisions, minimizing the need to over-engineer storage configurations.
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- Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 Family Best Practices with Microsoft® SQL Server For OLTP Applications
- Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 1000: Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server OLTP Applications
- Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Software Best Practices Guide
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The costs of managing complex application and storage infrastructures are climbing rapidly, especially in small and mid-sized organizations that depend on the Microsoft platform for core enterprise systems. Challenges include managing availability, scaling quickly to keep pace with growth, meeting tight backup windows, ensuring that Microsoft SQL database co-exist reliably with other software platforms, and protecting critical systems from attacks on privacy, security, and integrity. Hitachi Data Systems Solutions provides fully integrated, high-performance ways to quickly lower the costs of managing SQL Server databases.
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- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Index Defragmentation Best Practices White Paper
- Case Study: Optimizing SQL Server Performance with Tuning Manager
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Reduced risk for critical Microsoft applications
Optimized disk-to-disk backup reduces recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives for Microsoft SQL Server databases and other key business systems. Critical data is restored and fully available within minutes after application failure or data corruption due to viruses or other dangerous attacks. Simplified backup methodologies are easy to implement and remain transparent to users.
High availability and ensured business continuity
Improved efficiency, centralized management and a rich feature set result in a highly available environment that can easily meet service level expectations. The Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server eliminate the need for multiple management tools and keep Microsoft SQL Server databases from interfering with the performance of other open systems in the same infrastructure. The solutions help avoid both scheduled and unscheduled downtime, and ensure that Microsoft systems can scale quickly and easily to accommodate rapid business growth.
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- Hitachi Universal Replicator
- Hitachi True Copy Remote Replication
- Hitachi Data Protection Suite
- Hitachi Protection Manager
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- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- Remote Copy Planning and Design Services
- HDS Microsoft Partner
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Always On Technologies
