Summary: The I/O system is important to the performance of SQL Server. When configuring a new server for SQL Server or when adding or modifying the disk configuration of an existing system, it is good practice to determine the capacity of the I/O subsystem prior to deploying SQL Server. T...
Noncompliance with storage configuration best practices for the Microsoft® SQL Server® database software is a common root cause of support cases. The reason is often shown to be misalignment between Windows, storage, disk controllers, and cache segment lines. ...
Applies to:SQL Server on Azure VM AWindows Server Failover Clusteris used for high availability and disaster recovery (HADR) with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs). This article provides cluster configuration best practices for bothfailover cluster instances (FCIs)andavailability groupswh...
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NoteIn this hardware configuration, the SQL Server and Analysis Services servers use local disk. This design does not preclude the use of a Storage Area Network (SAN). We chose this configuration as an inexpensive robust solution. With multiple copies of the Analysis Services database, a failure...
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The SQL Server Team has released guidance on Disk Partitioning Alignment Best Practices for SQL 2008. This was a topic discussed at length at the Microsoft Management Summit 2009 (MMS2009) in Las Vegas, and Best Practices for SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 have been hotly debated.You...
Provides a quick checklist to review your best practices and guidelines to optimize the performance of your SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VM).
In a single quorum device server cluster, the RAID controller is a single point of failure. Always maintain a backup of the RAID controller configuration in case the RAID controller is replaced.Do not use APM/ACPI Power saving features.APM/ACPI Power saving features must not be enabled on ...
Proper configuration of IO subsystems is critical to the optimal performance and operation of SQL Server systems. Below are some of the most common best practices that the SQL Server team recommends with respect to storage configuration for SQL Server. ...