For many organizations MS-SQL is the backend to many of their mission critical applications. The environment provides a cost effective foundation for an organization to develop custom designed solutions that drive the business forward. As MS-SQL has risen in importance, the demands on the storage infrastructure have also increased. MS-SQL needs a high performance, well-protected storage system that is also cost effective. To meet these requirements many organizations are now looking at flash storage.

1. Which Flash is Best for MS-SQL?
Server-side, hybrid or all-flash?
In this Webinar You Will Learn:
1. Pre-Flash - What to do before you
make a flash investment
2. Which Flash? - the pros and cons of
server-side, hybrid or all-flash options
3. Flash Strategy - MS-SQL is just the
Beginning
For audio playback and Q&A go to:
http://bit.ly/TegileMSSQL

2. Our Speakers
As VP of IT and lead DBA he implemented flash technology at wine.com in late 2009 to solve critical
business problems. Implemented the first Data warehouse at wine.com to streamline analytical
reporting. Having the unique customer perspective, he was recruited as a Principal Solutions Architect
with primary goal of accelerating MS-SQL Server sales at Fusion-io. After several years at Fusion-io,
Sumeet joined Violin Memory to address the Flash Array Market as a Global Principal Solutions
architect for Databases..
George Crump is the founder of Storage Switzerland, the leading storage analyst focused on the
subjects of big data, solid state storage, virtualization, cloud computing and data protection. He is
widely recognized for his articles, white papers, and videos on such current approaches as all-flash
arrays, deduplication, SSDs, software-defined storage, backup appliances, and storage networking.
He has 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US.

3. ● Analyst firm focused on storage, cloud
and virtualization
● Knowledge of these markets is gained
through product testing and interaction
with end users and suppliers
● The results of this research can be
found in the articles, videos, webinars,
product analysis and case studies on
our web site:
http://storageswiss.com
Who Is Storage Switzerland?

4. Transforming IT with Intelligent Flash Storage
 Enterprise Flash Storage Vendor
 All-flash & Hybrid in the same system
 www.tegile.com
 Rapidly Growing
 700+ customers
 1400+ systems deployed
 Enabling Business Transformation
 Application Acceleration
 Infrastructure Efficiency through Data
Reduction

5. Polling Question
Your infrastructure and Flash. Select one that
applies to you.
A) I am already using Flash for
my SQL Server
B) I am planning to use Flash
for my SQL Server
C) I would like to use Flash for
my SQL Server but it is too
expensive

6. Polling Question
Your infrastructure and Flash. Select one that
applies to you.

7. Agenda
• Pre-Flash Steps
• Selecting The Right Flash Solution
• Deciding on YOUR Flash Strategy
• Tegile’s Answer to MS-SQL Challenges
• Q&A

8. Polling Question
Which implementation of Flash do you think
provides the most value and benefit to a SQL
Server environment?
A) Flash inside the Host
B) All-Flash storage array
C) Hybrid Flash storage array
D) Flash in a hyper-converged
architecture

9. Polling Question
Which implementation of Flash do you think
provides the most value and benefit to a SQL
Server environment?

10. Pre-Flash Steps
Things to do before you Flash
● Defragmentation
● Index and Query Optimization
● Application Code Optimization
● Networking Improvements

11. Pre-Flash Steps
Things to do before you Flash
● Defragmentation
● Index and Query Optimization
● Application Code Optimization
● But… Do we really need to do this?

12. Flash Implementation Strategies
● Server Side Flash Caching
● Shared Hybrid Flash
● Shared All-Flash
● Hyper-Converged Flash

13. What is Server Side Caching?
● Combines Server Side SSD
with Server Caching Software
● Can be implemented bare metal, in
guest and with hypervisor
● Can leverage a variety of flash
media types

14. Server Side Caching Pros/Cons
● Challenges in
Cluster/Hypervisor
implementations
● Risks with write
caching
● Expensive to deploy
on broad scale
● Brings performance
directly to the app
● Less latency, no network
● Targeted implementation
● Server Flash Less
Expensive per GB

15. What is a Hybrid Array?
● Hybrid Array
● An Flash tier leveraged by caching
intelligence on the array

16. Hybrid Array Pros/Cons
● Performance to all
apps
● No software to
install
● Should be safer for
write caching
● Requires new storage
array
● Shared Flash is more
costly (HA)
● Limited fine grain
control/QoS
● Different from Vendor
to Vendor

17. What is an All-Flash Array?
● All-Flash Array
● An array with only flash storage

18. All-Flash Array Pros/Cons
● High Performance to
all apps
● No software to install
● Should be safer for
write caching
● No Tuning Required
● Requires new storage
array
● Shared Flash is more
costly (HA)
● Limited ability to “tier off”
● Different from Vendor
to Vendor

19. What is an Hyper Converged Storage
● Hyper-Converged
Storage Intelligence

20. Hyper Converged Pros/Cons
● Converged Server,
Network and
Storage
● May reduce costs
● May be simpler
● May require new servers,
storage and networking
● Or requires a very “DIY”
implementation
● Becomes complicated at
scale
● Predictable performance
may be an issue

21. Deciding on Your MS-SQL Flash
Strategy
● Server Side Flash Caching
● Shared Hybrid Flash
● Shared All-Flash
● Hyper-Converged Flash

22. Transform your Business
by transforming your storage

23. Intelligent Flash Storage for Your
Applications
10x Faster 10x
Simpler
10x More
Efficient
TEST/DEV MESSAGING COLLABORATIO
N
Consolidated, Virtualized Workloads
WAREHOUSING ANALYTICS OLTP
Low Latency Apps
Balanced Performance Very High
PerformanceCapacity Media (HDD, TLC,
MLC)
Performance Media (Mem, SLC, eMLC)

24. IntelliFlash™
Flash Optimized Software Architecture
IntelliFlash™
Inline
Compression &
Deduplication
Instant
Snapshots
Instant
Clones
Encrypti
on
Replicati
on
Thin
Provisioning
Full Data
Integrity
Metadat
a
Accelera
tion
Intelligent
Caching
Dial up
or down
flash
High
Availabili
ty
Multiprotoc
ol Data
Access
No additional Cost for Software - All features Bundled
in the Platform

25. Broad Market Adoption

26.  Consolidated file, database,
collaboration & reservations applications
onto All-Flash & Hybrid Arrays
 Reduced capacity footprint by 75%
 Power & Cooling costs reduced by 65%
Massive Consolidation at Aer Lingus

27. Thank you!
Storage Switzerland
http://www.storageswiss.com
gcrump@storage-switzerland.com
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http://twitter.com/tegile
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28. Which Flash is Best for MS-SQL?
Server-side, hybrid or all-flash?
For complete Audio and Q&A please register for the On Demand Version at:
http://bit.ly/TegileMSSQL