Dell High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions Using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn
Availability Groups
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Contents
Executive summary
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Introduction
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Objectives
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Why Dell server and storage hardware for AlwaysOn setup?
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Processors
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Memory
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Internal storage (HDD and SSD)
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Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AVG)
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AlwaysOn Availability Groups Architecture
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Most common HA and DR deployments for SQL databases
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Dell reference configuration for AVG
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AVG deployments on non-shared storage
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Major advantages and limitations of implementing AVG on non-shared storage
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AVG deployments on shared storage
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Advantages and limitations of implementing AVG on shared storage
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AVG deployments on hybrid (HDD and SSD) storage
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Benefits
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Advantages and limitations of implementing AVG on hybrid (SSDs and
HDDs) storage
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Flexible failover policies and enhanced diagnostics for detecting failover conditions
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Summary
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Figures
Figure 1.
Availability Groups on WSFC
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Figure 2.
Simple AVG deployment on PE R720XD local storage
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Figure 3.
Scenario 1 : SQL Server FCI with AVG on shared storage
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Figure 4.
Scenario 2 : SQL Server FCI with AVG on shared storage
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Figure 5.
Creating AVG with FCI
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Figure 6.
FCI with AVG deployment setting
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Figure 7.
AVG deployments on SSD and HDD
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