The Gorilla Guide to

Modern Storage Strategies for

SQL Server

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Scott D. Lowe, Co-Founder,

ActualTech Media

Rob ComminsVP of Marketing,Tegile Systems

Your Presenters

David KleeSQL MVP &

Gorilla Guide Author

Modern Data Center ChallengesSQL Server Workload CharacteristicsStorage Architecture and SQL ServerProtecting SQL Server from DisasterFlash Storage and SQL Server Best PracticesModernizing SQL Server

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Modern Data Center Challenges

Data AgeBusinesses demand that a lifetime of data remains

accessible.This means that the data must

all be online, all the time.

ComplexityComplexity of managing data

increases dramatically as volume and performance demands

increase. Agility and flexibility in the environment is reduced.

CostData volumes are growing

exponentially but storage prices are not getting any cheaper.

SANs are sometimes prohibitively expensive, and

often the most expensive component of a data center.

ScalabilityAs the volume of data goes up,

certain components cannothandle the load and present pain

points in different ways. Applications slow down; the

storage fills up; infrastructure unreliability.

Data SprawlMultiple copies of data can litter the environment. Development

and test copies of data increases the volume of data, and it drives up the cost of data storage even

more.

InteractionProcesses and management

techniques for one layercan conflict with the best

practices for another layer. The impact can be performance

penalties, morecomplex configurations, or

worse.

SQL Server Workload Characteristics

I/O Performance

Workload Patterns

Workload Type Block Size Disk PatternOLTP 8 KB / 64 KB Random read/write

OLTP Read Ahead 8 KB to 1 MB Sequential read

OLTP Table Scans 512 KB Sequential read

Transaction Log Commit 60 KB Sequential write

Transaction Log Read 120KB Sequential read

Database Backup 1 MB Sequential read

Bulk Load 256 KB Sequential write

SSAS Cube Workload 32 KB Random read/write

Storage Architecture and SQL Server

Latency

IOPS

Throughput

SAN controller

HBA throughput

CPU performanc

e

Cache performanc

e

Hypervisor

HBA/NIC throughput

SAN/LUN datastore

performance

Traditional

Tiered

Hybrid

All-Flash

Performance Infrastructure Virtualization Disk Config

Data deduplicatio

n

Data compressio

n

Metadata managemen

t

Efficiency

Protecting SQL Server from Disaster

RAID

Snapshots

Replication

Storage-Based

DB and Transaction Log Backups

Log Shipping

Mirroring

SQL-Based

Availability Groups

Flash Storage and SQL Server Best Practices

Block Size Storage BottlenecksBlock Offset

Tune for Flash Maintenance Tasks

Understand Requirements and Budget

Modernizing SQL Server

In-Memory OLTP

Stretch Database

Azure Integration

Buffer Pool Extension

Clustered Columnstore Indexes

SMB3

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