OCZ has issued yet another whitepaper written by Allon Cohen, Yaron Klein and Scott Harlin which focuses on optimizing SQL Server AlwaysON implementations with the OCZ ZD-XL SQL Accelerator.

Designed to provide optimized and efficient flash acceleration for SQL Server environments through the tight integration of innovative hardware and software elements, the OCZ ZD-XL SQL Accelerator is the plug-and-play solution which offers a combination of fast flash performance, a unique cache mechanism that makes advanced and statistically-optimized decisions on what data to cache, and wizard-based implementation software that enables database administrators (DBAs) to setup caching policies that optimize application performance based on SQL Server workloads.

By using the SQL Server AlwaysOn technology the ZD-XL SQL Accelerator has the ability to enhance complete high availability (HA) so not only can SQL Server environments function at the speed of flash, but in the event of planned or unplanned downtime, can continue operations from point of stoppage, retaining all of its data as if no downtime had occurred.

The new whitepaper focuses in describing on how the ZD-XL SQL Accelerator is optimized for SQL Server highly available environments delivering accelerated application performance with Microsoft AlwaysOn functionality and fast data replication with the Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN NIC. The results of the combination are efficient acceleration of the SQL Server applications such as flash volumes, flash caching, cache policy optimizations as well as a fact that it can actually enables SQL Server environments to function at the speed of flash while retaining complete high availability, so in the event of planned or unplanned downtime, SQL Server can continue operations from the point of stoppage, retaining all of its data as if no downtime had occurred.

You can check out more detailed results by downloading the whitepaper below.

Optimizing SQL Server AlwaysOn Implementations with OCZ’s ZD-XL SQL Accelerator

Source: OCZ.com.