1. 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

2. Microsoft Business Intelligence Appliance

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. SharePoint Starting Page – For End User

7. Inform end-users of new appliance

8. SharePoint Starting Page – For IT Users

9. Appliance Management Console (SharePoint Add-in)

10. Appliance Information

11. Appliance Console

12. System Center Operations Manager: Microsoft BI Appliance Diagram View

13. Microsoft data warehouse appliance

14. 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

15. System Verification

16. Windows Mount Point Verification

17. Database Configuration

18. 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 : 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…

19. Diagnostic Task and Monitor History - Fragmentation

20. Diagnostic Task and Monitor History - Fragmentation (Details)

21. Additional information
SQL Server Appliances:
HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance (BDW):
HP Business Decision Appliance (BDA):
White Paper – Disaster Recovery with two BDA

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