Solid-state technologies are changing the way that MS SQL users run their databases. DBA’s are achieving significant TCO savings through performance enhancements, reliability improvements, and reduced energy and real estate costs using solid-state technologies.  Solid state is changing the way datacenters look and how MS SQL Servers perform.
 
This session will address:
1)  On overview of solid state technology options for SQL Server
2)  Why solid state makes a difference?
3)  An comparison of the different types of NAND Flash-based products and the advantages and disadvantages of each:
    a.    Disk-based SSDs
    b.    Onboard/Embedded PCI Express devices
    c.     Host-based PCI Express devices

4)  Customer proof: Wine.com case study

 

About the Presenter:
Fusion-io is a provider of solid state storage that can be deployed wherever there is a need to accelerate performance of I/O intensive applications and workloads, scale virtual machine deployments, drive faster financial transactions, and accelerate database and data mining performance.