HP solutions for mission critical SQL Server Data Management environments SQL Server User Group Sweden Michael Kohs, Technical Consultant HP/MS EMEA Competence Center michael.kohs@hp.com 1
Agenda HP ProLiant DL Gen8 series Mission-critical x86 OLTP Data Warehousing Q&A 2
Industry s most complete portfolio Workload optimized, built for any demand ProLiant DL Family Versatile, rack-optimized servers with a balance of efficiency, performance and management ProLiant BL Family Cloud-ready converged infrastructure engineered to maximize every hour, watt and dollar ProLiant ML Family Expandable tower servers ideal for remote and branch offices ProLiant SL Family Purpose built for the world s most extreme data centers 3
Servers that virtually take care of themselves Intelligent Lifecycle Automation eliminates tedious, time-consuming admin tasks Intelligent Provisioning HP Active Health HP Smart Update 3X faster system deployment with HP Smart Update Smarter startup in 3 seconds Analyzes over 1600 system parameters Proactively finds and fixes problems 5x faster to start problem analysis 3X faster update process 69% reduction in operator time 5
Mission-critical x86
HP ProLiant DL980G7 server HP ProLiant DL980 Server Four or eight Intel Xeon E7 family-based CPUs (up to 80 cores) Up to 128 DDR3 DIMM slots; 4 TB max memory (2 TB Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2) Up to eight SFF SAS 7.2 TB internal storage Up to 16 I/O slots, PCI-E 2.0 or PCI-X Quad-Port 1 GbE embedded NIC upgradable to dual port 10 GbE Integrated HP management software ilo3, Insight Control, Insight Dynamic HP ProLiant DL980 Server with HP PREMA Architecture Full OE support for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris, and virtualization 7
Rely on the HP ProLiant DL980 Server Combines mission-critical DNA with industry standard excellence PREMA Architecture Balanced scaling Self-healing resiliency Breakthrough efficiency Differentiated Node Controller: Smart CPU Caching Reduce memory latency Dynamic routing CPU traffic Resilient system fabric: 50% more interconnect links to reduce downtime & improve performance Extra levels of redundancy design power, fan, storage, memory, dual path I/O cares Best-in-class TCO: Integrated Lights-Out3, HP Insight software Thermal Logic technologies High efficient power supply 8
Ideal uses for your HP ProLiant DL980 server Enterprise workloads including large database support and SQL consolidations 1 2 3 Large databases - OLTP and decision support Scale-up environments need server with significant capacity for processors, memory, and IO Consolidation and virtualization Most demanding workloads SQL databases and applications like SAP, SharePoint Resource-intensive applications Applications in need large memory footprint, 160 logical processing cores, and substantial IO 10
Windows Server 2012 on DL980 Industry leading scaling, performance and resiliency for your Windows Server environment Up to 28 GB/s 3 TB Data Warehouse Spread across 500 disks Attached to HP Smart Array Performing table scan 18 Billion rows 2.7 TB table Less than 2 minutes x10 - HP Smart Array P4xx HP Disk subsystem 2700 25 x 146 GB disks/ enclosure 2 enclosures per Smart Array 11
Resiliency HP DL980G7 self-healing features Bringing HP mission-critical expertise to industry standard servers 200% boost in server availability Advanced reliability with resilient system fabric Leverages mission-critical designs of Superdome 2 HP PREMA Architecture Dynamic routing on system fabric Enhanced MCA logging System resiliency OS-enhanced availability Link-level retry Corruption prevention Hot-plug RAID Advanced memory protection CPU resiliency Machine check architecture 12
Performance and Availability on the DL980 How the platform delivers performance & availability Scale-up performance 160 logical CPUs 8 x 10 x 2 (hyper threading) 30MB shared L3 cache Up to 4TB DDR3 RAM At 1066 GHz Low voltage DIMMs Expandable PCIe v2 capacity HP node controller Improved Scalability QPI with QPI Perf: 25.6 GBs per link Error recovery thresholds Scale-up availability Self-healing data paths without reboot: Transaction retry: transient errors Link re-train: multiple errors Spare wire to repair link Spare clock to repair link Link width reduction to repair link Memory mirroring (option) Memory rank sparing (option) Memory Scrubbing Demand scrubbing Patrol scrubbing Double Device Data Correction (DDDC) Exception handling ECC, CRC protection for memory and links Poison data to support O/S error containment and recovery Machine Check Architecture Improved logging for diagnosis and service/repair Firedoor error containment Prevents errors from escaping to IO subsystems (Disk, LAN,..) Run with failed link (reboot required) 13 HP memory quarantine
SQL and Hyper-V Memory Error Recovery New with Windows Server 2012/SQL Server 2012 on the DL980 With HP ProLiant DL980 Firmware 07/30/2012 Uncorrected memory errors detected and reported to the OS are now also made available to SQL Server 2012 and Hyper-V 2012 Recovery possible if not consumed by a processor (non fatal-errors) - OS ensures the processor context is not corrupt and error is recoverable - OS attempts to take the affected page offline See Microsoft SQL Cat page http://sqlcat.com/sqlcat/b/technicalnotes/archive/2012/06/05/mem ory-error-recovery-in-sql-server-2012.aspx Demo 15
HP Always On Support Services for DL980 Discrete System Support Environment Support Foundation Care Simplified HW, SW Reactive Support and Collaborative Support Proactive Care Advanced technical skills with, multiple HW support levels, proactive advice and reporting Datacenter Care Customized Environmental Support Lifecycle Event Services A comprehensive services portfolio to help customers through the entire IT lifecycle leveraging HP business and technical expertise 16
Solution Examples
HP Enterprise SQL Optimizer The new HP Enterprise SQL Optimizer (ESO) Utility for the HP ProLiant DL980 assists customers in setting up their DL980 environment to be optimized with Microsoft SQL Server. HP Enterprise SQL Optimizer Customer Benefits : Reduces the time and complexity to configure and tune a DL980 for a SQL Server environment Leverages expert knowledge to optimize the performance of SQL server on HP ProLiant DL980 Easy to use utility that makes recommendations that customers can accept in full or pick and choose which best meets their needs One-stop configuration environment that eliminates the need for multiple tools HP Enterprise SQL Optimizer is unique in the industry and provided free of charge for all HP ProLiant DL980 servers running MS SQL. It can be downloaded from the HP external website http://www.hp.com/swpublishing/mtx-a7870245b6ac468b9a0772ebe1 See the Demo 18 18 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
Universal Database Solution for Mission Critical x86 OLTP performance and availability for demanding workloads OLTP standards-based solution reference architecture 100% flash-based storage without latency found in spinning disk media Scale up to 1,000,000 sustained IOPS (650 K 8 K reads) Microsoft SQL Server 2012 2 plus 1 disaster recovery HP ProLiant DL980 Server Up to 80 cores (per server) Up to 2 TB of RAM (per server) Primary/HA Secondary/DR (4/4/4 ) VMA-series Arrays HP Always On Support Services Factory Express Integration Services HP ProLiant DL980 Microsoft SQL Server Edition 19
Universal Database Solution for Mission Critical x86 High Availability and Disaster Recovery options available 2 x 10 GbE Switches HP VMA-series Memory Arrays Production environment 40 TB RAW storage 650 K IOPS 10 G local network WAN Synchronous replica for high availability Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Always On Availability Group Automatic fail-over Zero data loss OLTP server HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server 8P Database Server Running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2012 20 Asynchronous replica for disaster recovery Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Always On Availability Group Primary OLTP node Secondary HA OLTP node DR OLTP node
HP ProLiant DL980G7 Fast Track solution A detailed look inside HP ProLiant DL980 G7 server 8x Intel Xeon E7-4870 (2.4 GHz) 80 cores 768GB memory (expandable to 4TB) 11x HP 82E 8Gb Dual Port PCI-E FC HBA 16x HP P2000 G3 MSA storage arrays 328x 600GB 6G SAS 10K SFF drives 2x 8Gbit controllers (2 ports each) 4x HP HP 8/40 40-Ports SAN Switch 1x HP 2510-48G Switch 21
HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Fast Track solution LUN layout and usable capacity 2x 8-disk RAID10 volumes for user data on each array 8x 4-disk RAID10 volumes for log files 2x 6-disk RAID5 volume for staging data 2x hot spare drives on each array Fast Track Rated Capacity: 95TB* Fast Track Performance: 13GB/s Maximum Logical Scan Rate: 19 GB/s * Compression ratio of 3.5 22
Learn more HP SQL Server Fast Track Reference Architectures HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance HP ProLiant DL980 Universal DB solution HP Database Consolidation Reference Architecture HP and Microsoft Frontline Partnership 23
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