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    • Unleash the full potential of Microsoft SQL Server on the World’s #1 Server1

      PowerEdge, the world’s #1 server1 and bedrock of the modern data center, delivers lower TCO, scalability, smart automation and management, and multi-layer security. Build your competitive advantage by simplifying the deployment, integration and management of Microsoft SQL Server environments.  

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    • Unlock insights with PowerEdge and Microsoft SQL Server

      • Drive value and insight from large data sets, data estates and data lakes
      • Consolidate data from disparate sources and perform analytics by incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning
      • Uncover insights with advanced analytics at up to 1M predictions/second 

    • Uncover the hidden insights in your data

    • Unlocking the insights contained in your data requires a modern, secure, and scalable platform. Transform raw data from your Microsoft SQL databases into actionable insights with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. These modern servers are an all-in-one solution for your data storage and analytics needs, delivering SAN-like reliability without the hefty price tag of a storage appliance.

    • Dell EMC PowerEdge servers for Microsoft SQL

      Scalable Architecture
      Maximize performance across the widest range of applications with highly scalable architectures and flexible internal storage.

      Effortless Management
      Automate the entire server lifecycle from deployment to retirement with embedded intelligence that dramatically increases your productivity.

      Integrated Security
      Protect your customers and your business with a deep layer of defense built into the hardware and firmware of every server.

    • Get Insights, Make Decisions, and Stay Ahead of Your Competition.

      Highly adaptable for seamless scaling and equipped to meet real-time analytics and business intelligence demands, PowerEdge servers deliver optimal experience without excessive overhead. Every PowerEdge server includes end-to-end security from the firmware/hardware level, spanning the IT security lifecycle.

    • Up to 2.7x

      Transactions per second with Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory in a Microsoft SQL 2019 preview environment using VMware ESXi versus NVMe drives.2

    • Achieve up to 171%

      Faster transactional performance with the PowerEdge R740xd server with Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory in a Microsoft SQL 2019 preview environment using VMware ESXi versus NVMe drives.2

    • 42% faster

      The PowerEdge R740 with NVDIMM-Ns in a SQL Environment performed 42% faster than the same server without NVDIMM-Ns.3

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    • RealPage scales with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers for Microsoft SQL

      RealPage scales with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers for Microsoft SQL

      See how PowerEdge servers give RealPage - a leading real estate analytics provider - a secure, fast, scalable environment for more than 100K Microsoft SQL Server instances.

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    • Boosting performance and results for clients

      Boosting performance and results for clients

      RealPage–a global leader in cloud-based, on-demand software for the real estate industry–achieves significant savings in SQL Server licensing fees by using the right servers.

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    • Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 SDS Performance

      Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 SDS Performance

      Ensure greater uptime and boost VMware vSAN cluster performance with the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX platform.

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    • Boost data analytics speeds with Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd for Microsoft SQL Server

      Boost data analytics speeds with Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd for Microsoft SQL Server

      Learn how a new Dell EMC + Microsoft + Red Hat solution reduced the amount of time it took to analyze data from nearly three hours to just 13 minutes.

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    • Making the move to Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and Microsoft Windows Server 2016 on a Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd

      Making the move to Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on a Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd

      Learn how your organization can secure the performance, security, and management benefits that a refresh can provide.

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    • Transactional Database Testing Report Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and Windows Server 2016

      Transactional Database Testing Report: Microsoft SQL Server 2017

      Serve more online customers with new Dell EMC servers and Microsoft SQL Server 2017 software.

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    • Three Approaches to Modernizing your SQL Server and Windows Server Environments

      Three Approaches to Modernizing your SQL Server and Windows Server Environments

      Learn how Dell EMC can help you navigate two critical changes from Microsoft - the end of support for SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008.

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    • Migrating out of SQL Server 2008

      Migrating out of SQL Server 2008

      Windows Servers 2008 support ends on January 14, 2020. Learn what you need to be thinking about in case you are running this version of the Windows operating system.

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    • Best Practices to Accelerate SQL Server Modernization (Part 1)

      Best Practices to Accelerate SQL Server Modernization (Part I)

      Explore recommendations for executing an effective migration and avoiding risks to end-of-life systems.

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    • Introduction to SQL Server Data Estate Modernization

      Introduction to SQL Server Data Estate Modernization

      Explore what’s entailed in modernizing the Microsoft SQL server platform.

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    • Best Practices to Accelerate SQL Server Modernization (Part II)

      Best Practices to Accelerate SQL Server Modernization (Part II)

      See how Dell Technologies Consulting Services and free tools from Microsoft can help get you started on your SQL migration journey.

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    • 1 Based on 1Q19 shipments of x86 servers. Source: IDC Quarterly Server Tracker, Q1 2019.

      2 Based on Dell EMC internal testing in March 2019 comparing a PowerEdge R740xd with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and 2 x 1.6TB Mixed Use NVMes using Microsoft SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.3, VMware ESXi 6.7U1 and a RHEL 7.6GA vs the same R740xd configuration except for substituting the NVMes for 12 x 256GB DIMMs of Intel® Optane™DC persistent memory. Workload used is derived from TPC-C to SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.3 performance. The results obtained with the derived workload are not comparable to published TPC-C results. Actual results will vary. 

      3 Based on a Dell EMC Engineering study using the TPC-C benchmark to test Microsoft SQL Server 2016, July 2017. Actual performance will vary.