Dana Kaufman SQL Server Appliance Engineering Fast Time to Solution: Introduction to HP Business Decision Appliance and HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance Dana Kaufman SQL Server Appliance Engineering

Microsoft Business Intelligence Appliance

Currently being offered through HP * 18 January 2019 End-to-end, pre-configured stack quickly enables BI for Excel power users Streamlined install of complex BI software stack; up and running with Windows Server, SharePoint, SQL Server and PowerPivot in under an hour Optimized software and hardware based on best practices for performance and security Easy manageability with appliance specific management dashboard Built-in backup capabilities and factory reset, quickly return appliance to known state SKUs Components Server HP ProLiant DL360 G7 X5650 (1U) 2x Westemere Processor (12 cores) with 96GB Storage 8 x internal 300 GB SAS disks Software Windows Server 2008 R2 EE OEM, SQL Server 2008 R2 EE VL, SharePoint 2010 EE VL, PowerPivot SharePoint Integration Infrastructure No physical (install in rack), Active Directory, DHCP required Services Software technical support * HP Business Decision Appliance (BDA) HP Confidential

Appliance Use Cases Small and Medium Size Companies Enterprise Departmental Deployments SharePoint 2007 widely used, no near term upgrade to 2010 2010 Enterprise wide deployment but enabling PowerPivot on the mid-tier not feasible short term

Streamlined install: SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2 Install – end to end in ~45 mins

SharePoint Starting Page – For End User

Inform end-users of new appliance

SharePoint Starting Page – For IT Users

Appliance Management Console (SharePoint Add-in)

Appliance Information

Appliance Console

System Center Operations Manager: Microsoft BI Appliance Diagram View

Microsoft data warehouse appliance

Currently being offered through HP * 18 January 2019 Currently being offered through HP * Up to 5TB data warehouse in a pre-configured, optimized single enclosure Makes DW widely accessible without need for dedicated resources Up and running with SQL Server in approximately 10 mins Automated db creation/load apps remove complexity Optimized software and hardware based on best practices for performance and security Fast Track DW 3.0 RA configuration SKUs Components Microsoft DW Appliance Server HP ProLiant DL370 G6 x 5675 (4U) with 2x Westmere processors (12 cores), 96GB Storage 24 x internal SFF SAS disks with 2 x Smart Array controllers and SAS expander (2.3TB raw user storage) Software Windows Server 2008 R2 EE OEM, SQL Server 2008 R2 EE VL, HP Quick Deployment Tool, HP Business Data Warehouse DDL and Data Load Wizard Infrastructure Only requirements - Active Directory, DHCP Services Software technical support * HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance (BDW) HP Confidential

System Verification

Windows Mount Point Verification

Database Configuration

System Center Operations Manager: MDW Appliance Management Pack Extents Fragmentation TOP 20 large tables Fragmentation Thresholds Avg Fragment Size in pages > 400 : Green Avg Fragment Size in pages 300-400: Yellow Avg Fragment Size in pages <300: Red Critical State added to the monitor's states Show Extents Fragmentation diagnostic task in Monitor's history Show Extents Fragmentation task in Knowledge Base link and in State Adverse configuration changes Lock Pages in memory Startup Option Even growth DB files in Filegroup Increase Extents Number in Database Autogrow increment <5% or < 100mb …more…

Diagnostic Task and Monitor History - Fragmentation

Diagnostic Task and Monitor History - Fragmentation (Details)

Additional information SQL Server Appliances: www.microsoft.com/appliances HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance (BDW): http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/solutions-technologies/Appliances/HP-bdw.aspx HP Business Decision Appliance (BDA): http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/solutions-technologies/Appliances/HP-ssbi.aspx White Paper – Disaster Recovery with two BDA http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/5/0/0506F126-74B4-491A-969C-2B2448AD5CB1/MSBIApplianceDR-Final.docx

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