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Array-based remote replication solutions for Microsoft SQL Server have existed for years, and SQL Server 2005 provides a built-in, host-based feature called database mirroring as an alternative for disaster-recovery solutions.
Although these technologies are widely available, users may lack the information needed to select the replication, mirroring, or high availability method(s) suitable for their environment; they need information on how to configure the database, storage, and software.
Users who are running or planning to deploy remote replication solutions for SQL Server 2005 in an enterprise environment will want to read this paper to learn more about:
- The data needed to understand the options and the limitations for implementing remote replication solutions on a clustered HP server and storage area network (SAN)-based storage infrastructure
- Both array-based replication with HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA and host-based copying with SQL Server database mirroring are discussed
- Strategies for synchronous and asynchronous replication of SQL databases between primary and remote HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) disk arrays
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To help you choose from among the available configuration options and backup and recovery procedures, HP has conducted extensive laboratory tests to determine best practices.
This paper discusses those test results so that users can understand the options and the limitations of implementing backup and recovery using Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape, disk-to-disk, and virtual tape devices. The audience for this paper is HP users in an enterprise environment currently running or planning to run SQL Server 2005.
The paper discusses:
- Best practice recommendations encompassing configuration, design, and deployment
- Backup and recovery recommendations for the integration of Data Protector Software and Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Backup and recovery recommendations for the LTO tape, the disk-to-disk, and the virtual tape methodologies
- The impact on database performance and throughput for each of the methodologies: LTO tape, disk-to-disk, and virtual tape
- General recommendations for selecting which backup and recovery method to use
- Supporting configuration recommendations for HP servers and for HP StorageWorks 8100 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA8100) disk array
- Recommendations for the use of parallel backup and restore operations, and the impact of multiple streams and device concurrency on overall backup performance
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