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SQLMag.com – Amazon EC2, SQL Server, and High Availability

October 30, 2013 by <a href="http://sqlmag.com/">Denny Cherry (@MrDenny)</a> Leave a Comment

I need to get clustering setup when using EC2 to host my SQL Server databases. How can I do this?

If you use native functionality, you can’t because Amazon’s EC2 service doesn’t offer a way to present the same disks to multiple virtual servers at the same time.

But thankfully we aren’t linked to native functionality. A while back I wrote about DataKeeper Cluster Edition from SIOS Technology and how you can use it to build a high speed highly availability storage platform using Fusion ioDrive PCIe cards. The same software can be used to provide a high availability solution within the Amazon EC2 environment. Read more…

Author: Denny Cherry (@MrDenny)
Source: SQL Server Pro / SQLMag.com

Computer Concept leverages SIOS to offer High Performance Windows Server Failover Clustering and more

September 5, 2013 by Computer Concept Leave a Comment

Computer Concept has put together a great overview for High Performance and High Availability in SQL Environments for the German-speaking market. Take a moment and have a look today!

Lösungsbrief
Hohe SQL Server Performance
ausfallsicher und preiswert
(German)

Computer Concept, a long time partner and Service & Support Center for SIOS Technology, is expanding their portfolio to include new high availability options for high performance environments. Many have said that you have to have a SAN to cluster but that is simply no longer the case. SIOS’ DataKeeper and Protection Suite products enable local high-speed storage to be seen as shared volumes. The advantage is that you are no longer limited to spinning disks. Now organizations and administrators can take advantage of the latest in performance storage, including SSDs, PCIe flash memory and whatever may come next.

SQLMag.com – Massive Speed and HA

August 1, 2013 by Margaret Hoagland Leave a Comment

Two Things That Usually Don’t Go Together: MASSIVE SPEED AND HA

Question: William asks “I have a SQL Server which needs both high availability and high-speed storage. Even SAN storage with SSD based hard drives isn’t providing the performance levels that we are looking for, while still getting the failover cluster HA solution that we need for our SQL Server 2008 R2 database?”

Free Webinar – Native SQL Failover on Amazon’s EC2

May 31, 2013 by SIOS and Amazon EC2 Leave a Comment

Amazon.com and SIOS are hosting a Free Webinar all about Native SQL Failover Clustering on Amazon’s EC2

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SIOS Technology Corp, an AWS Partner Network (APN) Technology Partner, invite you to attend this live webinar to learn how to optimize mission critical SQL Server deployments on Amazon EC2.

Learn how to take advantage of the cost benefits and flexibility of Amazon EC2 while maintaining protection with native Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering – all without shared storage.

Date / Time: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 – 10AM PT / 1PM ET

Who should attend:

Solution Architects, Developer, Development Leads and other SQL Professionals

Presenters:

Miles Ward, Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Tony Tomarchio, Director of Field Engineering, SIOS Technology Corp

No MSSQL Failover in the Cloud, Where’s My HA? – It’s right here.

May 28, 2013 by SIOS Leave a Comment

DataKeeper Cluster Edition maintains real-time replication of data files and storage metadata. This information is synchronized across multiple nodes within and across Amazon EC2 Availability Zones. This host-based solution minimizes performance impact on application servers and networks. Even encrypted or open files are no problem for the solution, which uses block-level replication to maximize data protection and availability.

The solution enables SQL Server failover clustering by removing the need for shared storage. And the solution integrates smoothly into your Windows environment. There’s no need for expensive, energy-hungry SAN storage, allowing your organization to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and take full advantage of cloud solutions.

The solution runs asynchronous replication for better data consistency. And block-level replication reduces overhead by updating only changed data. In a cloud environment, where costs rise as more data is transferred, this type of precision is especially important. Sergey notes, “It is important not to discount the ‘Cloud Economics’ aspect of the solution. The amount of data transferred in a cloud environment between Availability Zones costs money. With DataKeeper Cluster Edition, we enable Microsoft SQL Server failover clustering in the Amazon EC2 environment and increase performance while reducing cost, leveraging the precision of block-level replication.”

Of course, the solution isn’t limited to SQL Server implementations. DataKeeper Cluster Edition can also help to protect mission-critical workloads for RedHat, CentOS, and SuSE Linux variances. In combination with Amazon EC2 environments, the solution works especially well for organizations that want to simplify their environments and reduce costs without sacrificing availability or data protection.

Consult the experts at SIOS for answers to your questions about SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition and what it can do for you.