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Press Release: Live Webinar: SQL Server HA and DR strategies that can cut your TCO by $800,000

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SAN MATEO, CA – April 22, 2014 – SIOS Technology Corp. (www.us.sios.com), maker of SAN and #SANLess cluster software products, today announced a live webinar that will provide advice from Microsoft SQL Server expert Joey D’Antoni on high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies that cut SQL licensing costs and eliminate the need for a SAN-based cluster. This webinar, “SQL Server HA and DR Strategies That Can Cut Your TCO,” is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 at 10:00 AM PST / 1:00 PM EST.

During this webinar, Mr. D’Antoni will share the results of his analysis of SQL Server HA and DR TCO. He will discuss the licensing changes in SQL Server 2012 that are increasing the cost of SQL Server software needed for HA and DR and he will describe the costs associated with owning a SAN-based cluster. Mr. D’Antoni will outline an easy strategy for implementing high availability and disaster protection for SQL Server without the need for costly upgrades to SQL Server Enterprise Edition or the use of costly SAN storage. He will show how this strategy can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in TCO for typical enterprise SQL Server deployments with HA and DR protection.

Mr. D’Antoni is a senior architect with more than a decade of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is currently a solutions architect for SQL Server and Big Data for Anexinet in Blue Bell, PA. He is a frequent speaker at major tech events, and blogs regularly about a variety of technology topics. He believes that no single platform is the answer to all technology problems. He holds an MSCE BI, a BS in CIS from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State University.

About SIOS Technology Corp.

SIOS Technology Corp. makes SAN and #SANLess software solutions that make clusters easy to use and easy to own. An essential ingredient in any cluster solution, SIOS SAN and #SANLess software provides the flexibility to build Clusters Your Way™ to protect your choice of Windows or Linux environment in any configuration (or combination) of physical, virtual and cloud (public, private, and hybrid) without sacrificing performance or availability. The unique SIOS #SANLess clustering solution allows you to configure clusters with local storage, eliminating both the cost and the single-point-of-failure risk of traditional shared (SAN) storage.

Founded in 1999, SIOS Technology Corp. (www.us.sios.com) is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has offices throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. 

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Have you see our latest product release?

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We added more platform support.

We are pleased to announce the immediate general availability of
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux / LifeKeeper Single Server Protection (v8.2.1).

This release adds new platform support as follows:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6 Update 5 support.
  • CentOS (Community ENTerprise Operating System) Version 6 Update 5.
  • Oracle Linux Version 6 Update 5 support.
  • Oracle 12c (excluding ASM and pluggable database)
  • VMware vSphere v5.5
  • EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.3
  • WebSphere MQ v7.5

 

Learn more about this new release on our documentation page: docs.us.sios.com/

eWeek: To SAN or Not to SAN – 10 Questions to Ask Before You Commit

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This eWEEK slide show, using industry insight from Jerry Melnick, chief operating officer of SIOS, presents 10 questions to ask that will help determine if a SAN-less cluster solution is right for your enterprise. SIOS makes both SAN and SAN-less software that protects data and applications from downtime.

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eWeek: To SAN or Not to SAN: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Commit

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Image -- eWeek LogoCompanies are finding new ways to combine physical, virtual and cloud environments to control costs in new-generation data centers. Traditional clusters based on shared storage (namely, storage area networks) are no longer the de facto choice for protecting business-critical applications in these new environments. SAN-less cluster packages, which are able to pool a large amount of unstructured data across a variety of storage configurations, have attributes that work well for both new-gen and older IT systems. These features enable data center managers to utilize the flexibility and cost savings of cloud, virtual and high-performance storage, and mixed infrastructures without sacrificing availability or disaster protection for business-critical applications. This eWEEK slide show, using industry insight from Jerry Melnick, chief operating officer of San Mateo, Calif.-based SIOS, presents 10 questions to ask that will help determine if a SAN-less cluster solution is right for your enterprise. SIOS makes both SAN and SAN-less software that protects data and applications from downtime.

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April 29, 2014 Live Webinar: SQL Server HA and DR strategies that can cut your TCO by $800,000

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Register Now for The Live Webinar

SQL expert, Joseph D’Antoni will share the surprising results of his investigation into the TCO of high availability and disaster recovery protection for SQL Server deployments. Learn how to save hundreds of thousands of dollars by reducing SQL Server licensing costs and eliminating SAN hardware costs while delivering complete HA and DR protection. Joseph will examine the hardware, software, and storage costs associated with traditional cluster solutions and he will review the licensing changes that were introduced in SQL Server 2012 that are driving up the cost of HA and DR features.

About the presenter

Joseph D’Antoni is an Senior Architect with more than a decade of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is currently Solutions Architect for SQL Server and Big Data for Anexinet in Blue Bell, PA.  He is frequent speaker at major tech events, and blogger about all topics technology. He believes that no single platform is the answer to all technology problems. He holds  a MSCE BI, a BS in CIS from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State.