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MS SQL workloads

Optimize your Microsoft SQL Server on AWS with FSx for ONTAP

Technology Overview

Whether you are running a self-managed stand-alone SQL server, using failover cluster instance (FCI) or an always on availability groups (AOAG) architecture, FSx for ONTAP allows you to optimize your deployments, providing both block and file storage options through iSCSI, SMB, and NFS protocols. It offers a wide range of features to help you achieve your scale, performance, and SLA goals while simplifying your architectures and reducing costs.

Features

Lower TCO

Reduce costs up to 50% using cloning storage efficiencies, lower-tier MS SQL licenses, and fewer EC2 instances

Enhance protection

Meet your RPO and RTO with application-aware NetApp® Snapshot™ copies, cross-region disaster recovery, and efficient back ups

Shorten the development cycle

Create new database copies and refresh databases quickly at near-zero cost

Maintain low latencies

Performant storage provides high throughput, hundreds of thousands of IOPS, and unique caching technologies

Plan and Architect

Pricing calculators, specs / tests, guides, reference architecture and best practices – they’re all here for your use!

Deploy and Operate

Documentation, how-to blogs, guides, workshops, labs, and automation repositories to help you get started.

Documentation

How-to blogs

Workshops

Automation repositories

BlueXP workload factory for AWS

NetApp® BlueXP™ workload factory for AWS is an intelligent optimization and automation service that uses industry best practices to design, set up, and operate key workloads using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP.

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