{"id":4493,"date":"2011-06-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:04","slug":"a-growing-family-of-solutions-by-hp-and-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/a-growing-family-of-solutions-by-hp-and-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"A Growing Family of Solutions by HP and Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\"> <br \/>HP and Microsoft have partnered for more than year to jointly deliver optimized hardware and software solutions never seen before with SQL Server and a hardware vendor. HP and Microsoft engineers have worked together for months optimizing new solutions for data warehousing, BI and database consolidation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">Today we are proud to announce two new additions to the Microsoft portfolio: <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span><\/span><span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sqlserver\/en\/us\/solutions-technologies\/Appliances\/HP-bdw.aspx\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance, Optimized for SQL Server 2008 R2<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u201d an appliance optimized for data warehouses up to 5TB, and<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span><\/span><span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sqlserver\/en\/us\/solutions-technologies\/cloud-computing\/private-cloud.aspx\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">HP Database Consolidation Solution, Optimized for SQL Server 2008 R2<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u201d, a new reference architecture of Hyper-V and SQL Server to help customers get very high performance database consolidation solutions<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<b><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">The HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\"> is a tightly integrated, pre-installed solution for small and medium sized data warehouses, recommended up to 5TB. This solution is fully compliant with our family of Data Warehouse Fast Track solutions. The solution runs a highly optimized installation of SQL Server Enterprise, with additional tuning, and management tools specifically created for the appliance. This solution is recommended for customers looking for:<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpFirst\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">A high performance Data Warehouse, optimized for energy efficiency and lower cost <\/span><span><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">100% compatibility with SQL Server, running on HP hardware<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Can be deployed in minutes and is<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Pre-installed and tuned with all the hardware, software and management tools for instant use after unpacking<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration:line-through;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpLast\">\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<b><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\"> <br \/>The reference architecture will help customers rapidly deploy a server rack that can support hundreds of database workloads in virtual machines, and run SQL Server in a Private Cloud<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">. The solution is best suited for customers looking to:<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpFirst\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Consolidate hundreds of database servers, with no upgrading or updating the database (migrated via virtualization)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Deploy SQL Server with the full benefits of private cloud &#8212; elasticity, resource pooling, self-service, and control and is pre-installed and tuned with all the hardware and software <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Optimize high performing database workloads. Our engineers analyzed hundreds of real life SQL Server instances, to ensure that hundreds of SQL Server instances could run on each rack, with an optimum mix of CPU, memory, and IO, to ensure the optimal level of performance. We found that generic hardware configurations did not have any of the hi IOPs required to sustain large numbers of database workloads<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpLast\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Start reaping the benefits of running SQL Server in a Private Cloud, offering elasticity, self-service, and resource pooling, through tight integration of Hyper-V, System Center and SQL Server.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/h71028.www7.hp.com\/enterprise\/us\/en\/partners\/microsoft-business-data-warehouse-solution.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">http:\/\/h71028.www7.hp.com\/enterprise\/us\/en\/partners\/microsoft-business-data-warehouse-solution.html<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">for more information. <\/p>\n<p>Combined, these solutions grow our family of joint HP and Microsoft appliances and reference architectures including: <\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpFirst\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance. Optimized for SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, for high performing Data Warehouses 50TB+<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">HP Business Decision Appliance, a managed self-service BI solution optimized for SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint 2010<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpLast\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">Data Warehouse Fast Track solutions from HP, reference architectures from medium sized to very large data warehouses (5TB to 50TB)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">Other blog posts worth reading: <br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpFirst\"><span><span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/dataplatforminsider\/archive\/2011\/01\/18\/sql-server-appliances-a-workload-based-appliance-design-philosophy.aspx\"><span lang=\"EN\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">SQL Server Appliances \u2013 A Workload-based Appliance Design Philosophy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span><span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/dataplatforminsider\/archive\/2011\/01\/18\/hp-business-decision-appliance-a-closer-look-at-backup-and-availability-features.aspx\"><span lang=\"EN\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">HP Business Decision Appliance \u2013 A Closer Look at Backup and Availability Features<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpLast\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span><span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\">\u00b7<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:normal;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size:7pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/dataplatforminsider\/archive\/2011\/02\/14\/announcing-fast-track-data-warehouse-3-0-at-tdwi-world-conference.aspx\"><span lang=\"EN\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Announcing Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\" class=\"CxSpLast\">\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">Bernardo Zamora<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">Group Product Manager,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">SQL Server <\/p>\n<p>Learn more at:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sqlserver\/en\/us\/solutions-technologies\/Appliances\/HP-bdw.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sqlserver\/en\/us\/solutions-technologies\/Appliances\/HP-bdw.aspx<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family:'Segoe UI';\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HP and Microsoft have partnered for more than year to jointly deliver optimized hardware and software 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