OCZ has issued the first part of its new whitepaper written by Allon Cohen, Oded Ilan and Scot Harlin which focuses on OCZ's ZD-XL SQL Accelerator 1.5 features in support of SQL Server 2014 storage capabilities.


The new whitepaper explains ZD-XL SQL Accelerator 1.5 features in support of SQL Sever 2014 with capabilities that complement and extend Microsoft's flash-based BPE services and deliver tight integration with SQL Server management which capabilities that include remote flash services for blade and rack servers, support for VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors in virtual environments, support for SQL Server High Availability (HA), file level granularity in accelerations, deployments as flash volumes, flash cache for HDD volumes or any combination of both, application-optimized caching policies as part of the Direct Pass Caching Technology, Cache pre-warning for demanding workloads that run at scheduled times and plug-and-play installation and a simple to use GUI with implementation wizards.

Microsoft's enterprise database management system (DBMS), the SQL Server 2014, builds on capabilities delivered in previous versions as well as improves database availability, simplifies the move of databases between instances, bring more productive management and development tools as well as provides significant enhancements in performance, programmability and security.

In case you are interested in how the OCZ ZD-XL SQL Accelerator 1.5, a complete hardware and software flash accelerator solution, which is optimized for SQL Server 2014, can complement and extend Microsoft's flash-based BPE service, you can download the full whitepaper below.






Source: OCZ.com.