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SQL Server 2008/2012

High Performance and

High Availability

Fusion-io and SIOS Partnership

SIOS Technology Corporation

• 10+ years protecting critical applications

• Proven, Best-In-Class High Availability and

Data Replication solutions

• Numerous awards for Windows Availability

• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

• Certified for Windows and Linux

Fusion-io

• Over 50 PB flash memory deployed

• OEM‟d by HP, Dell, IBM, Supermicro

• Pioneered PCIe based flash storage

• Over 100 times faster IOPS than

traditional high performance disk drives

• Accelerates enterprise databases and

applications.

Combined Solution: Faster performance at a fraction of the cost of a typical SAN - with 100 percent data availability.

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Today’s Speakers

• Dave Bermingham is recognized within the technology community as a high availability expert and has been a Microsoft MVP in Clustering for the past three years.

• Jamila Gunawardena is a Senior OEM Sales Engineer for Fusion-io. Jamila has over 15 years experience in Software Engineering and System Design.

• Geoff Hiten is a Microsoft SQL MVP and is currently an Infrastructure Architect for Intellinet. He specializes in high-availability and high-performance SQL systems.

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Agenda

• Fusion-io – Powering Innovation

• SIOS – Realizing High Availability

• Perspectives from SQL Server MVP – The Value

of SIOS-Fusion-io combination

Fusion-io – Powering Innovation

Jamila Gunawardena

FUSION-IO ACCELERATES

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Analytics Search

ORACLE Text

Messaging

MQ

Databases

INFORMIX

Virtualization

KVM

HPC

GPFS

Big Data

Security/Logging

Collaboration

Lotus

Development Web

LAMP

Caching Workstation

Real world Microsoft sql results with

iomemory

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REDUCTION IN AVERAGE DISK QUEUE LENGTH

12x

IMPROVEMENT IN DATABASE REQUEST RESPONSE TIME

2-4x

FASTER BATCH PROCESSING

2-4x

THE COST OF A SAN UPGRADE

½ FEWER AVERAGE TRANSACTION IN QUEUE

50x

FASTER QUERY PROCESSING

10-20x

FASTER TRANSACTION PERFORMANCE

4x

IMPROVEMENTS TO COMPLEX BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE JOBS

3x

FASTER REPORTING

4-6x

Customer Success - Microsoft

Dynamics – www.Polaris.com

The Data Supply Problem IDLE Servers

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According to Moore's Law, processing performance doubles every 18 months

CPUs

Memory

Storage

Rela

tive P

erf

orm

ance

Growing Performance Gap

2000 2005 1985 1990 1995 2010

SERVER IDLENESS IS THE ENEMY…

SERVER IDLENESS IS THE ENEMY…

… HIGH CORE COUNTS UNEXPLOITED

A SIMPLE SOLUTION: ioMEMORY

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IOMEMORY SUCCEEDS NEAR THE CPU

Nanoseconds - Microseconds ACCESS DELAY Milliseconds

ioMemory L1, L2 & L3 CPU Cache

DRAM

Storage Area Network

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Data Centers Need A Solution

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The Performance of a SAN…

Optimized for Disks

…in the Palm of Your Hand

Optimized for Flash

Example: Entire Database on ioMemory

If database size permits, placing entire database system on Fusion-io drives provides maximum performance benefit

Entire Database

Most Active Data on ioMemory

If database size is significantly larger, considerable performance gains

can be realized by moving specific components of the database to the

ioDrives:

• Tempdb database

• Indexes

• Frequently accessed tables

• Transaction logs

• Partition tables

Fusion-io iomemory platform

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OEM PRODUCTS

750 MB/s

145,000 IOPs

640 GB

1.5 GB/s

278,000 IOPs

1.28 TB

6.7 GB/s

1,240,000 IOPs

10.24 TB

2.6 GB/s

937,000 IOPs

2.4 TB

1.5 GB/s

535,000 IOPs

1.2 TB

SIOS – Ensuring High Availability

Dave Bermingham

SQL Server Availability Options

Multisite Clusters

Failover Clusters

Database Mirroring

(High Safety w/Automatic Failover)

Log Shipping, Replication,

Database Mirroring (High Performance)

UPS, RAID, Redundant Hardware

• Block-level replication of ALL data

types, including Hyper-V,

Exchange, SQL, Files, SharePoint

and Oracle to name a few

• Low system resource burden

• Highly optimized for WAN

deployments with 9 levels of

compression

• Synchronous or Asynchronous

• Intuitive MMC interface

• Enables Multi-Site Clusters with

Windows Server 2003 and 2008

Failover Clustering (DKCE only)

• Certified for Windows Server 2008,

2008 R2 and Hyper-V

DataKeeper Cluster Edition for Windows

SQL Server Clustering w/DataKeeper

Node1

Node2

Node2

Shared Storage

In the event of a failure of the primary node, the secondary node automatically

comes into service utilizing the data located on the local Fusion-io ioDrive

The shared storage in a traditional cluster represents a

single point of failure

Traditional Microsoft failover clusters have two or more nodes attached to shared storage and are used to

ensure applications such as SQL Server, File Servers and even entire Hyper-V virtual machines are highly available

DataKeeper Cluster Edition eliminates shared storage as a single point of failure, allowing you

to use ioDrives from Fusion-io for both High Performance and High Availability

Multi-Target Cluster

A single source server can have multiple targets, either

across the LAN or WAN

When the active server fails, the next server in the preferred owners list comes online and becomes the

source of the mirror

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Native SQL Server Solutions vs. DataKeeper

AlwaysOn Availability Groups

AlwaysOn Failover Cluster

AlwaysOn Failover Cluster with DataKeeper

Support SQL Standard Edition 2 4 4

Distributed Transactions 0 4 4

Unlimited Databases 0 4 4

Automated Client Redirection 2 4 4

Protects System Databases (Master, MSDB, etc)

0

4

4

Eases Database Administration 0 4 4

Support more than 2-nodes in failover configuration

0 4 4

Replicates Data other than SQL 0 0 4

Replication Efficiency 2 0 4

Eliminates SAN as a single point of failure

4 0

4

Supports Multisite Clusters 4 0 4

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Weighing your options….

• Do I use/need

to lower my SQL Server cost?

replication or log shipping?

to minimize the impact that replication has on the performance of

my application?

Lync Server, Dynamics CRM or other applications that use

distributed transactions?

to ensure that SQL Agent jobs such as database backups,

optimizations, DTS and others continue to run regardless of the

node in service?

to ensure that SQL login accounts are kept in sync between cluster

nodes?

to minimize my administrative burden?

OLTP Performance Results (2x Faster)

Results were obtained with using Quest’s Benchmark Factory TCP-C OLTP database simulation

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0.001

0.002

0.003

0.004

0.005

0.006

No Mirror (Unsafe) DataKeeper Native SQL Mirroring (Slow)

Average Write Response Time (Smaller is Better)

Avg Time

Log File (Write MB/sec)

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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

Log File Throughput

No Mirror

AlwaysOn Sync Mirror

DataKeeper Sync Mirror

DataKeeper is 85% Faster Than AlwaysOn

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HA Solutions – Software Cost Comparison

$219,968

$35,888

$64,698

$-

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

SQL Server 2012 Enterprisewith AlwaysOn

SQL Server 2012 Standardwith DataKeeper

SQL Server 2008 R2Enterprise withDataKeeper

2 Node cluster 2 Sockets per node 16 Cores per node

Fusion-io & SIOS – A Powerful ‘Ship

Geoff Hiten

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SIOS and Fusion-IO Together

• „Ship = Current teenage slang for Destined

Relationship

• „Ship exists even if the two partners don‟t know or

care about each other yet.

• Two partners ARE a ship, not ARE IN a ship.

• A Ship sails when the partners decide to accept

destiny.

• So why is this a „ship?

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Experience with SIOS and Fusion-IO

• I delivered a client system using these

technologies in March 2011

“Bleeding Edge”

Both companies delivered specific updates to improve

joint environment.

Worked together ever since on the technical side.

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Fusion- IO Benefits

• Fast, low-latency IO operations.

• Finally re-balancing the I-O vs M/G/T-Bytes

equation.

• Eliminating the mechanical latency inherent in

rotating media

OLTP Performance Results (2x Faster)

Results were obtained with using Quest’s Benchmark Factory TCP-C OLTP database simulation

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0.001

0.002

0.003

0.004

0.005

0.006

No Mirror (Unsafe) DataKeeper Native SQL Mirroring (Slow)

Average Write Response Time (Smaller is Better)

Avg Time

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SIOS DataKeeper Benefits

• Fast, tunable, simple cluster storage replication.

Not just another block replication provider.

• Fast – data throughput is exceptional

• Tunable – adjustable settings for bandwidth and

QoS usage.

• Simple – MMC Snap-in to control. Fire and forget.

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SIOS and Fusion-IO – Mutual Benefits

• Both are drop-in replacements

Fusion-IO acts like block storage.

SIOS acts like Cluster Storage Resource

• This is why they work so well together

Replacement components leverage the rest of the

ecosystem.

“Aside” technologies limit the rest of the environment.

• Leveraging functionality MULTIPLIES value.

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What extra value do SIOS and Fusion-IO

create?

• Compare to SQL 2012 AlwaysOn solutions

Failover Clustered Instance

• Shared storage - SAN

• SAN Replication for WAN

• Local Storage only for tempdb

Availability Groups

• No Login sync

• No Agent jobs

• No linked server support

• Upper limit on Database count in AG (practical)

• Enterprise Edition Only

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How about a Failover Cluster based on Fusion-

IO storage ?

• Databases together AND in sync.

• No rotational latency.

• Still can use local (non-replicated) tempdb

• Standard Edition

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HA Solutions – Software Cost Comparison

$219,968

$35,888

$64,698

$-

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

SQL Server 2012 Enterprisewith AlwaysOn

SQL Server 2012 Standardwith DataKeeper

SQL Server 2008 R2Enterprise withDataKeeper

32 core

16 core

2 socket

2 Node cluster 2 Sockets per node 16 Cores per node

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How about we do the same across a WAN?

• Automatic WAN compression/acceleration (adjustable)

• Heterogeneous hardware - Better with Fusion, but works with mixed environments DR is often last generation's production - no problem

• Entire instance goes Agent Jobs

Network Name

Linked servers

• Can include Clustered File shares for data import/export

• Still on Standard Edition SQL

• And can still have the screaming I/O performance of the Fusion-IO cards!!

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The ‘Ship has Sailed

• Truly a 'ship and one I am glad to see. (note: its "is

a ship", not "is in a ship")

• Each is powerful and valuable on their own

• Both technologies were developed as full

replacement for existing component

• Works smoothly with entire ecosystem, but unique

benefits of each multiply when together.

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Thank You