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Announcing AWS Quick Start Deployment Templates for SIOS SQL Failover Cluster

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AWS Quick Start Templates Deploy SQL High-Availability Failover Cluster in the Cloud

Many businesses are struggling to deploy a high-availability failover cluster for SQL Server and other important applications in the cloud. This is because you need shared storage to create a failover cluster. Shared storage is not available or practical in most public clouds. As a result, Many IT teams kept SQL on-premises. Their experts in IT network, storage, and server would take months to plan, order, install, and configure physical environments for HA failover clustering. Finally, they would spend spent thousands of dollars upgrading to SQL Server Enterprise edition to gain advanced clustering capabilities.

SANless Failover Clustering Enables Cost-Efficient SQL High Availability Protection in the Cloud

Today, SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition is the first HA/DR solution to combine fully automated, application-centric clustering and efficient data replication. By integrating seamlessly into Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC), it enables a WSFC to work in a cloud where shared storage is not possible. SIOS DataKeeper works by synchronizing local storage in real time using highly efficient block-level replication. In this way, creates a SANless cluster to protect your Windows applications in the cloud. You can use it to protect SQL Server Standard Edition without the need for costly upgrades to SQL Server Enterprise Edition.

Quick Start Templates Make Deploying a Failover Cluster in AWS Easy

Now companies can easily deploy a two-node high-availability failover cluster automatically using an AWS EC2 Quick Start deployment. System administrators and managers can simply purchase the SIOS Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) on AWS Marketplace. They can use the AMI to deploy a two-node SQL Server Standard Edition cluster in the AWS cloud using an AWS Quick Start template.

Quick Start templates are automated reference deployments for key workloads on AWS. Each Quick Start launches, configures and runs the AWS service required to deploy a specific workload on AWS. Importantly, the templates use AWS best practices for security and availability. As a result, Quick Starts eliminate manual steps with a single click – they are fast, low-cost, and customizable.

The SIOS AMIs on AWS Marketplace provide an easy, convenient way for customers to purchase SIOS DataKeeper software to protect business critical applications in AWS. You can use them to deploy a high availability cluster using cost efficient SQL Server Standard Edition in the cloud.

Customers can purchase SIOS DataKeeper through the AWS Marketplace at: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=3c91e2f7-fc8d-4cce-a8aa-1e37abcb4408

To learn more about the SIOS DataKeeper Quick Start for AWS Cloud, visit: https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/sios-datakeeper/

To learn more about the SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition for High Availability in Cloud Deployments:
http://us.sios.com/san-sanless-clusters-resources/?_sft_subject_c=cloud-high-availability

August, 5 2015: SIOS Sponsors South Florida SQL Server User Group – Fort Lauderdale

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SIOS is proud to sponsor the South Florida SQL Server User Group’s August 5th meeting in Fort Lauderdale. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend joining!

Register Now

August 5, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Location:
Microsoft (Map)
6750 North Andrews Ave. Suite #400
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Cost:
This is a free event – Food and Drinks will also be provided at no cost.

This groups meeting registration is managed through meetup.com. If you are not a member of the group, just click the join group button. This group is open and everyone is welcome. You will need to be a member of the group to see additional meeting and group details.

July 25, 2015: SIOS is Proud to Sponsor SQLSaturday Manchester

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Register Now for SQLSaturday Manchester (UK)
June 25, 2015
Location: Mechanics Institute in Manchester | 103 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD, UK (Map)
Cost: There may be a small fee to cover the cost of lunch, the event itself is free. Please contact the organizers for more information.

SIOS is proud to sponsor at SQLSaturday Manchester. Be sure to visit the SIOS table for your chance to learn more about our SAN and #SANLess solutions, enjoy some candy, and drop off your raffle ticket for your chance to enter our end of day raffle. There are a number of great tracks, so be sure to plan your schedule well in advance (schedule).

If you are interested in additional training, SQLSaturday Manchester is holding Pre-Cons on the 24th of July. Pre-cons are paid events that include a full additional day of training from Microsoft, Redgate, and other industry leaders and experts. Pre-Con session details can be found at http://manchesterpass.ddns.net

July 16, 2015: SIOS is Proud to Sponsor the Denver SQL Server User Group

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SIOS is proud to sponsor the Denver SQL Server User Group’s July 16th meeting in Denver. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend joining. The topic and and speaker are currently being confirmed. That information will be posted as soon as it is made available.

Registration/More Info:
DenverSQL Meetup Group | Denver.SQLPASS.org

July 16, 2015 at 5:30 PM
Location:
Microsoft (Map)
7595 Technology Way, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80237
Cost:
This is a free event – Food and Drinks will also be provided at no cost.

This groups meeting registration is managed through meetup.com. If you are not a member of the group, just click the join group button. This group is open and everyone is welcome. You will need to be a member of the group to see additional meeting and group details.

July 22, 2015: SIOS Sponsors South Florida SQL Server User Group – Miami (Updated)

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Update: SSSFUG has moved this meeting from July 15th to July 22nd.

SIOS is proud to sponsor the South Florida SQL Server User Group’s July 22nd meeting in Miami. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend joining. Kevin Boles will be presenting “SQL Server Defaults SUCK!!” and we’ve included the abstract for you below the fold.

Register Now

July 22, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Location:
Carnival Cruise Lines (Map)
6750 North Andrews Ave. Suite #400
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Cost:
This is a free event – Food and Drinks will also be provided at no cost.

This groups meeting registration is managed through meetup.com. If you are not a member of the group, just click the join group button. This group is open and everyone is welcome. You will need to be a member of the group to see additional meeting and group details.

Abstract: SQL Server Defaults Suck!!!

By Kevin Boles

If you just click next-next-next and think you have a good-to-go SQL Server THINK-AGAIN!! 🙂 There are umpteen things you just GOTTA change right out of the box if you want your potentially very expensive and always precious SQL Server resource to perform and behave optimally. This session will cover a laundry list from data and log file growth factors to Windows power settings and many useful items in between.

Unit Testing SQL Server

In the nearly 20 years I have been working with SQL Server, most of that as an independent consultant, I can count two hands the number of clients I have come across that had ANY database tests constructed. I can count on TWO FINGERS the number of them that had repeatable database tests. Even the most ardent Agile/Scrum/pick-your-new-and-shiny-development-mantra shops hardly ever do anything more than wave a magic wand at testing the database, because it can be REALLY HARD to do and do correctly. In this session we will cover examples of why repeatable database testing is CRITICALLY important and then examine both a free and a low-cost commercial product to ease the pain and improve developer efficiency.