Optimizing Flash Storage for SQL Databases

1. Optimizing Flash Storage for SQL Databases Is your flash system up to the challenge? Make sure your flash system: ● Increases performance ● Reduces costs ● Improves protection ● Integrates with your DBMS For audio playback and Q&A go to: http://bit.ly/FlashSQL

2. Our Speakers 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 over 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US. Rob Commins has been instrumental in the success of some of the storage industry's most interesting companies over the past twenty years including HP/3PAR, Pillar Data Systems, and StorageWay. At Tegile, he leads the company's marketing strategy, product marketing, press/analyst activities, as well as competitive analysis.

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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. What is a Hyper Converged Storage? ● Hyper-Converged

13. 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

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

15. Post-Flash Steps

16. Post-Flash Steps Things to do before you Flash ● Application Code Optimization ● Server Upgrades ● Networking Improvements

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22. © 2017 TEGILE SYSTEMS - CONFIDENTIAL 30% CPU Utilization 60%+ CPU Utilization Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Server 4 Server 1 Server 2 Tegile IntelliFlash™ Array Traditional Disk Array 4x Server Costs 4x SQL Server 2014 Licensing Costs = ~$570K 4x SQL Server 2014 SA for 3 years = ~$345K 1x Array Cost 2x Server Costs 2x SQL Server 2014 Licensing Costs = ~$285K 4x SQL Server 2014 SA for 3 years = ~$170K 1x Tegile Array Cost Reduce SQL Costs with Flash Over $500K in Savings! Reduce Servers and Amount of Licenses

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