is "the bigger the beter" valid in the database world
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What are the best practices for building and managing very large database environments? How can we get an advantage from implementing HP's FastTrack Solution? We will share some real-world tips and tricks around the management of multi-terabyte databases.TRANSCRIPT
Is “the bigger the better” valid in the database world?Best practices around VLDBs
HP FastTrack Solution
Tips, tricks and gotchas with multi-TB databases
About me
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Ivan Donev, MCT
SQL Server Technology Team Lead, HP
Agenda
Introduction Best practices in configuration HP FastTrack Reference Architecture 4.0 Share the experience
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Introduction
More data Needs larger hardware Needs optmization Needs time Requires more responsiblities
More responsibilities Need more attention Require more knowledge Give you more headaches
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Best practices - IO
Hardware - trust your vendor Follow the Storage Top 10 Best Practices HBA Queue Depth TEST, TEST, TEST
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Best practices – SQL Server
Startup options -E and T1117 T834?
MaxServerMemory MaxDop – never leave it to 0 Local policy
Lock pages in memory Perform Volume maintenance tasks
Resource governor!
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Best practices – Inside SQL Server
TempDB Microsoft rules – 1 file per CPU Experience
Partitioning Compression – be careful! Column Store index Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance!!!
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HP FastTrack 4.0
Prebuild Hardware for best performance
Configuration Guide Performance
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Let’s talk about reality
The hardware - HP DL980 G7 2TB RAM 8x8-core Intel Xeon => 128 logical CPUs Storage – dedicated P2000 and XP24000
The Software Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with CU7
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Let’s talk about reality - servicing
T834 flag or why the engine is not booting up Patching and ugrade
Upgrade from SQL Server 2005 to 2008 R2 Approach Licensing Bugs
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Let’s talk about reality - maintenance
Examine fragmentation Do not forget about statistics Check the integrity
Size matters
Autogrowth and proportional fill
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Let’s talk about reality - compression
Estimate compression gain Compress and keep compressing How do we reclaim the space?
Moving object to new file Shrinking
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IT DEPENDS
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IS THE BIGGER THE BETTER?
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THANK YOU !
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