Watch the full webinar here: http://bit.ly/1XulxPx The launch of Microsoft® SQL Server® 2016 provides an opportunity to transform your data platform with key enhancements made to AlwaysOn, operational analytics, and more. But is your infrastructure ready to capitalize on these new enhancements? Join members of Microsoft, Cisco and SanDisk to learn how SQL Server 2016 with Cisco UCS and SanDisk flash changes everything. This webinar will cover: •What's new in SQL Server 2016 •Benchmark test results of the combined solution •Performance, economic, and manageability benefits •Customer case study with SQL Server environment on Cisco UCS and SanDisk flash storage Ensure that you are implementing a flash-optimized SQL Server platform to achieve maximum performance, greater capacity, and high availability, with reduced operational and management costs.

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Debbi Lyons
Sr. Product Marketing Manager
SQL Server
Microsoft
John McAbel
Sr. Product Manager
ISV Solutions on Cisco UCS
Cisco
Peter Plamondon
Director
Partner Ecosystems
SanDisk
SQLServer® 2016onCiscoUCSwithSanDisk® Flash–
WeDareYoutoFindaBetterPlaceforYourData
May 18, 2016

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Agenda
 Enterprise Data Platform Concerns
 Addressing the Concerns with SQL Server 2016
 Changing the Game with SanDisk Flash
 The Perfect Platform and Why – Cisco UCS
 Putting it All Together – A Customer Case Study

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Enterprise Data Platform Concerns
 Optimizing Application and Data Performance
 High Availability and Disaster Recovery
 Data Driven Insights and Security
 IT Agility with Policy Enforcement
 Lower Total Cost of Ownership

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SQL Server
OLTP
SQL Server
data warehouse
ETL
In-memory
ColumnStore
In-memory
OLTP
Real-time fraud
detection
Fraud detected
2-24
hrs Up to 30x faster transactions
with in-memory OLTP
Queries from minutes to
seconds
Real-time
operational analytics
NEW
Real-time performance
In-memory built in

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UCS performance
Top 5 results in 1 TB, 3TB TPC-H
workload
Unparalleled scalability
with Windows Server 2016
12 TB of memory WS 2016 max cores
#1 SAP performance
2-tier 16-processor SAP benchmark
on Superdome X + SQL Server
4X transactions
Plus 30X performance from in-
memory OLTP
As of 04/06/2015 http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp?resulttype=noncluster&version=2%&currencyID=0
#1 Price/performance with Massive Scale

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Enhanced AlwaysOn
Easy setup of on-premises
and hybrid cloud HA and
DR
Load balancing of readable
secondaries
Fast failover on-premises
or to cloud35%
Dramatically simplify HA and DR
>35% operational efficiencies with hybrid cloud

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Name
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Denny Usher 0x7ff654ae6d USA
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Protect your data at rest and in motion
without impacting database performance
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Column
Encryption
Key
Enhanced
ADO.NET
Library
Column
Master
Key
Client side
Always Encrypted NEW*

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On all mobile devicesLightning fast queries and reports
Reports in minutes, not days
500 TB data saved
Windows iOS Android HTML5
End-to-end mobile BI on any device
In-memory built in
>100x faster queries
Massive data compression
Mobile BI built in NEW*
Online and offline access NEW*
Rich visualizations using Excel 2016 NEW*

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PolyBase NEW*
T-SQL query
SQL Server Hadoop
Quote:
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Manage structured and
unstructured data
Simple T-SQL to query
Hadoop data (HDFS) NEW*
JSON data type
now supported NEW*
Remove the complexity of big data
T-SQL over Hadoop

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Data Scientist
Interact directly with data
Open source R
built in to SQL Server
Data Developer/DBA
Manage data and
analytics together
Example solutions
• Sales forecasting
• Warehouse efficiency
• Predictive maintenance
Extensibilit
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R
R Integration
Relational data
Analytic Library
T-SQL interface
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• Credit risk protection
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Real-time operational
analytics NEW*
without moving the data
R + In-memory
Open Source R with
in-memory and
massive scale NEW*
multi-threading and
massive parallel
processing
In-database Advanced Analytics
No need to move the data

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SQL Server 2016: everything built in
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Consistent experience from on-premises to cloud
Microsoft Tableau Oracle
$120
$480
$2,230
Self-service BI per user
In-memoryacrossall workloads
TPC-H non-clustered 10 TB
#2 #1 #3
Oracle
is #4
SQL Server
SQL Server
SQL Server
built-
in
built-
in
built-
in
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at massive scale

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Industry leading TCO
Built-in with SQL Server vs.
expensive add-ons with Oracle
Complete mobile BI
In-memory
End-to-end security
Advanced Analytics
built-in
built-in
built-in
built-in
$320K
SQL Server 2016
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
DATA WAREHOUSING
OLTP
ETL 11.7x
more
$640,000$803,000$1,272,000$3,433,000$3,745,000
Everything
built-inMOBILE BI & SELF-SERVICE BI
#1 TPC-H—DW
INDUSTRY LEADER—OLTP
BUILT-IN ETL
R SERVERIN-DB ADVANCED ANALYTICS

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Enterprise-Proven Flash Performance
4XFasterIn-MemoryOLTPwithSanDisk

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Enterprise-Proven Flash Performance

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SQL Server 2016 Lights Up with SanDisk Flash

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SanDisk Flash + SQL Server 2016 + Cisco

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XML API
STANDARD
API’S
Cisco UCS 6296 XP
Fabric Extenders
(I/O modules)
Industry
Standard APIs
Cisco UCS – A Fresh Architecture
Blade Form Factor
Rack Form
FABRIC INTERCONNECTSUCS Manager
COMPUTE

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Cisco UCS = Reduced Complexity Increased Flexibility
• Embed management
• Remove unnecessary:
Switches
Adapters
Management modules
10GbE unified fabric
• Power and cooling
1/3rd less infrastructure
Lower power
• Built for virtualisation
Processor density
VM/host ratio
I/O improvement
Extended memory
SAN
LAN
MGMT
SAN
LAN
MGMT
Multiple Ethernet
Connections
Multiple
SAN Connections
Separate Remote
Management
per Chassis
Multiple Management
Modules
Additional
LAN and SAN
Connections
Additional
Management
Connections
Additional
Management
Connections
Additional
LAN and SAN
Connections

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Cisco UCS: Driving Business Outcomes
Proven value and over 48,000 customers world wide
“We’re able to offer leading-edge
solutions to our customers and
continue to expand our business.”
Reduction in
Provisioning
Times
84%
Reduction of
Management
Costs
61%
Reduction of
Power and
Cooling Costs
54%
Cabling Reduction
77%
World-record
Performance
Benchmarks
100
“Our Cisco Unified Computing
System decision is a game-
changer.”
Wes Wright
CIO, Seattle Children’s
Martin Breslin
Infrastructure Architect, SEI
“With Cisco UCS, we can adapt
much more quickly to user
demand.”
Mark Adams
VP Information Technology, HireRight
Source: Cisco UCS Changing the Economics of the Datacenter, Customer Case Studies, Cisco UCS Performance Benchmarks

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Leading & Predictable Network Performance
Secure Data Movement
Independent Testing Results:
• http://www.miercom.com/cisco
• Microbursts cause as much as 60%
packet drop with competitor
• Nexus 5000 and Cisco UCS – better
able to handle Microbursts with
predictable low latency
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
1 10 20 40 60 80 100 120
Packets Compe tor Drop Nexus5K Drop
Packet Drop During Microbursts
Packets
Burst Size
Near Zero Data Loss, Transactions are SAFE!

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UCS Service Profiles
Configuration Portability
SIM Card
Identity for a Phone
Service Profile
Identity for a Server
UCS Service Profile
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Server Policy

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Service Profiles
Hardware State Abstraction
SQL Server
HTTP ServerERP Application
SQL Server Test SQL ServerTest SQL Server
ERP Application
Benefits For Microsoft Users
• Enables consistent setup, reduces service calls and downtime
• Add new instance in minutes, not hours or days
• Immediately test if workload is CPU or memory constrained
• Automatically load profile when new server added to system
• Easily meet cyclical business IT requirements

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• Cisco UCS® C460 M4 Rack Server delivers the
best non-clustered TPC-H benchmark result,
3000-GB scale factor
• Cisco UCS is the first vendor to cross 1 million
Queries per hour with a 4-socket system.
• Beats Lenovo by 10%
• 20% Lower Price/Performance
• Cisco UCS continues tradition of performance
leadership with more than 110 industry world
records since the system was introduced.
Disclosure
The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) is a nonprofit corporation founded to define transaction processing and database benchmarks, and to disseminate objective and verifiable
performance data to the industry. TPC membership includes major hardware and software companies. TPC-H, QphH, and $/QphH are trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council
(TPC). The performance results described in this document are derived from detailed benchmark results available as of May 17, 2016, at http://www.tpc.org/tpch/default.asp
600,000 700,000 800,000 900,000 1,000,000 1,100,000
Composite Query-per-Hour Performance Metric (QphH@3000GB)
SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition
TPC- H 3TB Benchmark
1,071,018
QphH@3000GB
$0.6 USD
per QphH@3000GB
969,504
QphH@3000GB
$0.72 USD
per QphH@3000GB
Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Server
4 Intel Xeon Processors E7-8890 v3 CPUs
At 2.5 GHz (Posted May 16, 2016)
Lenovo System x3850 X6 Server
4 Intel Xeon Processors E7-8890 v3 CPUs
At 2.5 GHz (Posted March 9, 2016)
Cisco UCS Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Benchmark
Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Server Delivers Unsurpassed Performance on the TPC-H Benchmark

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SQL Server 2014/2016 TPC-H Benchmark Comparison
SQL Server 2016 Provides Improves Efficiency and Performance
• Same server model and configuration tested
• Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Server
• (4) Intel Xeon Processors E7-8890 v3 2.5GHz 45MB
• 3TB Memory
• (4) UCS Rack PCIe Storage 1600GB SanDisk SX350
Medium Endurance
• SQL Server 2016 achieved 47% more
transactions
• SQL Server 2016 provides a 55% Lower
Price/Performance Ratio
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016
CompositeQuery-per--Hour
PerformanceMetric
(QphH@3000GB)
TPC-H @3000GB Results C460 M4
Same Configuration
Posted
May 16, 2016
Posted
July 13, 2015
1,071,018
725,686

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Cornerstone OnDemand
Game Changing Innovation for Unified Talent Management
“This project has been a game-changer, helping
us deliver high performance for our clients.”
Reza Seraji
IT Architect, Cornerstone OnDemand
Business Objectives
 Meet or exceed SLAs with high software availability
 Deliver faster performance to better serve nearly 24 million
users worldwide
 Standardize environments to manage equipment more
efficiently
Solutions
 Diversified storage in the data center with SanDisk PCIe
Storage in Cisco UCS servers
 Gained visibility throughout data center and centralized
management with Cisco UCS Manager
Business Outcomes
 Enhanced availability by reducing failovers from 10 minutes to 7
seconds
 Delivered new and better services due to 20% improvement in
application latency
 Completed migration 3 weeks ahead of schedule

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Enterprise Data Platform Concerns
 Optimizing Application and Data Performance
 High Availability and Disaster Recovery
 Data Driven Insights and Security
 IT Agility with Policy Enforcement
 Lower Total Cost of Ownership
SQL Server 2016 + SanDisk flash + Cisco UCS Servers
= Mission Critical Intelligence

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Interested in Learning More?
 4-touch email will follow over the next 8 weeks
– Blogs, White Papers, Case Study, and Video
– More details on how a SQL Server 2016, UCS, and SanDisk flash data
platform can transform your business
– Opt-out at any time
 Interested in POC?
– SQL Server 2016: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2016
– Contact us to see if you qualify for a no-cost, 45-day flash evaluation for
your UCS platform
• david.reeves@sandisk.com

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