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Consolidating SQL Server for Lower TCO: How to Achieve a Simple, Highly Available Consolidated SQL Server Environment Using Shared Data Clustering by HP PolyServe Software

This paper describes a solution: HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server. For SQL Server deployments, HP PolyServe Software allows storage capacity to be matched appropriately to need, provides high availability without introducing extra complexity or extra cost, and actually simplifies the life of administrators. The software supports Microsoft SQL...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Environment, Clustering, Server, TCO, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-07-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server:A Highly Available, Flexible, Simple Approach to SQL Server Consolidation White Paper

The success of SQL Server has given rise, inevitably, to a huge growth in the number of servers dedicated to hosting it. The result of this proliferation has too often been low levels of utilization, high capital costs, large amounts of stranded capacity, poor availability, and - as the most...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Consolidation, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-06-01

Consolidating Microsoft SQL Server With HP PolyServe Can Deliver Real Power Savings

Data center power usage is developing into the primary concern for IT management. As recent as five years ago, the average power requirement per rack was between 1 and 3 kW. With the demand for more cores per processor slot, the increase in usage of both memory and storage, and...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, kW, Server, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2008-07-01

HP PolyServe Software Improves Performance, Reliability, and Stability of HP Revision and Configuration Management Tool

Because of its importance to customers, HP is continually looking for ways to improve the service, and wanted to replace the existing infrastructure with one that would be even more effective. It was looking for a solution that would increase performance, improve stability and availability, be flexible, work with the...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Configuration Management, Performance Management, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware

Case studies 2008-06-01

HP PolyServe Software and AppSense Performance Manager: Implementation Best Practices

AppSense and HP produce complimentary technologies targeted at the consolidation of MS SQL Server environments. This paper provides best practice scenarios for inclusion of AppSense Performance Manager in a HP PolyServe Software implementation and demonstrates a number of test scenarios, together with the appropriate results and system configurations. This paper...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., AppSense, Performance, Best Practice

White papers 2008-05-01

British Energy Builds a Highly Reliable and Scalable Trading Infrastructure, and Reduces Costs With HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server

For British Energy to migrate its electricity-trading application infrastructure from a proprietary platform to an industry-standard one, to improve its agility, resilience, and scalability, and to simplify operations. As a solution they deployed HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server; HP ProLiant DL585 G2 Servers; HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Infrastructure Inc., Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Utility Computing, Servers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-01

Installing and Operating HP PolyServe for Microsoft SQL Server for SAP Databases

HP PolyServe software consolidates servers and storage into manageable, available and scalable utilities for database and file serving. Introducing HP PolyServe's approach to virtualization for mission-critical applications like SAP extend the benefits of consolidation to this critical business application. Unlike conventional virtualization approaches, HP PolyServe's unique shared data technology can...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-12-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Backups and Snapshots White Paper

HP has created a series of white papers that provide IT professionals with best practices related to implementing HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, version 3.6. These papers assist solution architects, SQL database administrators, storage administrators, service administrators, and IT technical management personnel as they develop their consolidation/virtualization platform...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Administrator, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Backup, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-11-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring Integration White Paper

The HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server provides an enterprise platform for managing and consolidating SQL Server. As part of this utility model, robust high availability services are automatically available to all instances at all times. This localized availability allows protection against individual failures at multiple levels, including the...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Mirroring, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Integration, SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-11-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server: HP PolyServe Storage Solution for SQL Server Always on White Paper

The HP PolyServe storage solution for the Microsoft SQL Server Always On program - HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server - provides high availability and simplified storage management for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005. This white paper documents the HP PolyServe solution, compatibility for SQL Server, and requirements...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Storage, Server, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-11-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Storage Deployment White Paper

HP has created a series of white papers that provide IT professionals with best practices related to implementing HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, version 3.6. These papers assist solution architects, SQL database administrators, storage administrators, service administrators, and IT technical management personnel as they develop their consolidation/virtualization platform...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Administrator, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-11-01

ESG Lab Report: HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server White Paper - Highly Available SQL Server Consolidation

Database applications are increasingly being deployed on cost-effective industry-standard servers using Microsoft SQL Server. Third-party application and in-house developers have embraced SQL Server due to its low cost and ease of deployment. This has produced a phenomenon in recent years known as SQL Server sprawl. With each database application typically...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Consolidation, Microsoft Corp., Database Application, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-11-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Instance Aliasing and Connectivity White Paper

HP has created a series of white papers that provide IT professionals with best practices related to implementing HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, version 3.6. These documents assist solution architects, SQL database administrators, storage administrators, service administrators, and IT technical management personnel as they develop their consolidation/virtualization platform...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Administrator, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-11-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Sizing White Paper

This paper provides best practices related to implementing HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, version 3.6. With HP PolyServe Software, one does not need to know the exact number of instances to determine the consolidation ratio. Instance mobility and the ability to react to change eliminate the need for...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-11-01

HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Disaster Recovery White Paper

HP has created a series of white papers that provide IT professionals with best practices related to implementing HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, version 3.6. These papers assist solution architects, SQL database administrators, storage administrators, service administrators, and IT technical management personnel as they develop their consolidation/virtualization platform...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Administrator, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Disaster Recovery, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-11-01

Virtualization for Mission-Critical Applications White Paper: A Utility Approach to the Data Center

Today's server virtualization is only the first step in making IT less expensive, more flexible and more responsive to the needs of the business. PolyServe allows companies to greatly increase the performance and reduce the cost of managing both database servers and file servers by extending virtualization beyond servers to...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-10-01

Protecting Data in a Changing Environment: Managing Growth With PolyServe Matrix Server and IBM FlashCopy

This paper shows how to combine PolyServe Matrix Server and IBM storage subsystems with the FlashCopy premium feature to create an ideal solution for managing fluctuations in data requirements, while keeping that data protected. PolyServe's File Server cluster software allows to efficiently scaling the SAN to meet file serving needs,...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Environment, IBM Corp., IBM FlashCopy, Storage, File Servers, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-06-01

The Database Utility for SQL Server: PolyServe's Storage Solution for SQL Server Always On

This paper summarizes PolyServe's storage solution for the Microsoft SQL Server Always On program. PolyServe's solution - the Database Utility for SQL Server - is designed specifically for the Windows Server System and SQL Server 2005. PolyServe's core product, Matrix Server, provides an integrated, NTFScompatible cluster file system PSFS designed...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, Storage, PSFS, PolyServe Matrix Server, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-05-13

The Path to Lower-Cost, Scalable, Highly Available Windows File Serving

HP's PolyServe File Serving Utility for Windows provides a unique solution that addresses the scalability, availability and manageability of CIFS file serving. The PolyServe solution addresses the scalability and performance bottleneck posed by the most demanding, data-intensive applications. In addition, PolyServe File Serving Utility can be utilized to consolidate numerous...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Common Internet File System, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2007-04-24

Scalable, Fault-Tolerant NAS for Oracle - The Next Generation

Now there is scalable, modular, high performance NAS for Oracle10g RAC and non-RAC with no single point of failure. This proof of concept shows that the new HP Enterprise File Server Clustered Gateway (EFS-CG) is the only scalable, highly available option when NAS is used as the storage architecture for...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Fault-tolerance, Oracle Corp., Oracle Real Application Cluster, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Servers, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-02-22