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Storage Switzerland – Briefing Note: SIOS Provides High Availability for Azure based MS-SQL

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Data centers of all sizes are looking to the cloud to perform computational workloads like databases and other applications. They are expecting a cloud provider to either run the entire workload in the cloud or make capacity available for bursting to the cloud, or they want to leverage the cloud for business continuity of an on-premises copy of an application. There are two key challenges to the transition from private on premises data center to cloud; support of more traditional applications and providing enterprise class high availability of cloud based applications.

Recently SIOS Technology, providers of SAN and SANless clustering technology, announced they have received full certification for Microsoft Azure, making their SIOS DataKeeper software the only solution certified to enable the use of Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering in Azure. Azure provides support for MS-SQL in the cloud and SIOS DataKeeper allows you to use traditional Windows Server Failover Clustering in Azure to makes it highly available Microsoft is offering the SIOS DataKeeper software in its Azure Marketplace.

No NoSQL, MS-SQL Server Please

While NoSQL is a rapidly growing database standard, more traditional data centers count on databases like Microsoft SQL Server. They don’t have the time, desire and in some cases the capability to convert. The good news is that some cloud providers can deliver SQL as an application in the cloud, most notably, Microsoft’s own Azure. Azure is an open, flexible, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform and obviously it runs SQL quite well.

Cloud Applications High Availability

Another challenge is creating an HA environment for each of the above scenarios in a way that does not require changes to well-proven processes, such as HA clusters with Windows Server Failover Clustering. This is a problem because the cloud doesn’t have the shared storage infrastructure that traditional clustering solutions need.

SIOS DataKeeper fills that gap. SIOS DataKeeper is a SANless cluster solution that leverages replication and application awareness to enable WSFC to provide high availability in a cloud (or a physical or virtual environment where SAN-based clustering is impractical or impossible). The solution can be deployed directly into Azure so that replication and HA can be done within or across cloud regions. It can also be deployed to provide a DR instance of an on-premises SQL application by enabling you to put a cluster node(s) in the cloud. The result is that no matter where the organization is on its cloud journey the SIOS solution can make sure the application is as well protected as it is in a traditional physical environment.

You can learn more about how to put SQL in the cloud by watching our on-demand webinar “HA and DR must haves for Cloud Based SQL”.

StorageSwiss Take

The journey to the cloud will be different for each organization that embarks on it. But most organizations will face the challenges of supporting legacy applications and providing high availability. SIOS, in conjunction with Microsoft’s Azure, is an example of a solution that solves both problems and should speed an organization’s journey, while keeping it reliable.

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Podcast – Overcoming the MS-SQL HA Barriers

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Users and business line managers demand that their applications are available all of the time. That’s very expensive and complex. To preview their webinar on the barriers to HA are Storage Switzerland’s George Crump and Tony Tomarchio from SIOS.

Click on the image to register for the live webinar on Thursday, December 18 at 1 p.m. est/10 a.m. pst. If you miss it live, click on the image to listen On-Demand.

Originally posted in Storage Switzerland on 12/17/2014

Storage Switzerland: Live Webinar – Flexible HA and DR for Virtual Server and Cloud Environments

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Moving business critical applications, such as Microsoft SQL Server, to virtual server and cloud environments, requires high availability and a solid disaster protection plan. The question often asked — will implementing that protection eliminate the cost savings and configuration flexibility you gain in these environments? This webinar will simplify the confusing array of availability and redundancy features offered in Windows Server Failover Clustering, SQL Server, and leading cloud and virtual server software vendors. Participants will learn how to protect SQL Server and other Windows applications from downtime and disasters, all the while ensuring configuration flexibility and infrastructure efficiency.

Click to register for the live webinar "Flexible HA and DR For Virtual Server and Cloud Environments"

These capabilities are becoming increasingly critical given that fact that many organizations are leveraging virtualized server infrastructure in tandem with off-site replication to cloud data centers to lower DR infrastructure costs and to improve application resiliency. But many legacy clustering technologies are not “cloud aware”. Instead they rely on access to shared storage resources like SANs to enable application fail-over.

Those environments that don’t have shared storage may have to invest in a six figure SAN, in addition to the clustering software licenses, just to attain the high availability that their applications require. Another challenge is that cloud storage generally can’t be shared out across multiple servers. Instead, it is typically allocated out on a per virtual machine basis, which means that the cloud can’t be used as an application fail-over target with some clustering offerings.

These two architectural limitations – the requirement to use shared storage and the lack of cloud storage awareness, can severely restrict the ability of application owners to obtain affordable, high availability and DR resiliency for their most critical business systems. This webinar will discuss how businesses can implement easy to manage, application-clustering technology utilizing commodity disk with public or hybrid cloud storage to get low-cost, application high availability.

All registrants will also be able to access Storage Switzerland’s extensive library of on-demand webinars, many with exclusive white papers, without having to re-register. As is always the case with a Storage Switzerland webinar, we will leave plenty of time for questions and answers. Get your specific questions answered or just listen in to hear what your IT peers are struggling with and the solutions we recommend.

Originally posted on Storage Switzerland on 11/18/2014.

 

CNBC: SIOS and Storage Switzerland Webinar Will Discuss Strategies for Ensuring High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Virtual Server and Cloud Environments

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SAN MATEO, Calif. SIOS Technology Corp. (www.us.sios.com), maker of SAN and #SANLess clustering software products, today announced a joint, live webinar featuring Storage Switzerland President and Founder George Crump and SIOS Technology Director of Field Engineering Tony Tomarchio. George and Tony will discuss strategies for ensuring high availability and disaster protection when moving business critical applications, such as Microsoft SQL Server, to virtual server and cloud environments.

The live webinar “Flexible HA and DR for Virtual Server and Cloud Environments” will be held on Thurs, December 18, 2014 at 10:00 AM PST / 1:00 PM EST.

To register, please visit here:https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/5583/135415?utm_source=SIOS&utm_medium=SIOS&utm_term=SIOS&utm_campaign=SIOS

This webinar will simplify the confusing array of availability and redundancy features offered in Windows Server Failover Clustering, SQL Server, and by leading cloud and virtual server software vendors. Participants will learn how to protect SQL Server and other Windows applications from downtime and disasters, all the while ensuring configuration flexibility and infrastructure efficiency.

George Crump, president and founder of Storage Switzerland, has more than 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the U.S., he has seen the birth of such technologies as RAID, NAS and SAN. Prior to founding Storage Switzerland he was CTO at one the nation’s largest storage integrators where he was in charge of technology testing, integration and product selection.

At SIOS Technology, Tony Tomarchio is responsible for defining and delivering technical pre-sales services, support and best practices to SIOS customers, prospects and partners. Tony has more than a decade of experience providing systems management and high availability solutions to enterprise customers.

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 part of 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.

SIOS, SIOS Technology, SIOS DataKeeper, SIOS Protection Suite, Clusters Your Way, and associated logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of SIOS Technology Corp. and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

SIOS and Storage Switzerland Webinar Will Discuss Strategies for Ensuring High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Virtual Server and Cloud Environments

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SAN MATEO, CA – December 11, 2014 – SIOS Technology Corp. (www.us.sios.com), maker of SAN and #SANLess clustering software products, today announced a joint, live webinar featuring Storage Switzerland President and Founder George Crump and SIOS Technology Director of Field Engineering Tony Tomarchio. George and Tony will discuss strategies for ensuring high availability and disaster protection when moving business critical applications, such as Microsoft SQL Server, to virtual server and cloud environments.

The live webinar “Flexible HA and DR for Virtual Server and Cloud Environments” will be held on Thurs, December 18, 2014 at 10:00 AM PST / 1:00 PM EST

To register, please visit here:  https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/5583/135415?utm_source=SIOS&utm_medium=SIOS&utm_term=SIOS&utm_campaign=SIOS

This webinar will simplify the confusing array of availability and redundancy features offered in Windows Server Failover Clustering, SQL Server, and by leading cloud and virtual server software vendors. Participants will learn how to protect SQL Server and other Windows applications from downtime and disasters, all the while ensuring configuration flexibility and infrastructure efficiency.

George Crump, president and founder of Storage Switzerland, has more than 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the U.S., he has seen the birth of such technologies as RAID, NAS and SAN. Prior to founding Storage Switzerland he was CTO at one the nation’s largest storage integrators where he was in charge of technology testing, integration and product selection.

At SIOS Technology, Tony Tomarchio is responsible for defining and delivering technical pre-sales services, support and best practices to SIOS customers, prospects and partners. Tony has more than a decade of experience providing systems management and high availability solutions to enterprise customers.

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 part of 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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