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FAST TIME TO SOLUTION: INTRODUCTION TO HP BUSINESS DECISION APPLIANCE AND HP BUSINESS DATA WAREHOUSE APPLIANCE

Dana KaufmanSQL Server Appliance Engineering

MICROSOFT BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE APPLIANCE

End-to-end, pre-configured stack quickly enables BI for Excel power users

CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED THROUGH HP *

• Streamlined install of complex BI software stack; up and running with Windows Server, SharePoint, SQL Server and PowerPivot in under an hour

• Optimized software and hardware based on best practices for performance and security

• Easy manageability with appliance specific management dashboard

• Built-in backup capabilities and factory reset, quickly return appliance to known state

SKUs Components

Server HP ProLiant DL360 G7 X5650 (1U) 2x Westemere Processor (12 cores) with 96GB

Storage 8 x internal 300 GB SAS disks

Software Windows Server 2008 R2 EE OEM, SQL Server 2008 R2 EE VL, SharePoint 2010 EE VL, PowerPivot SharePoint Integration

Infrastructure No physical (install in rack), Active Directory, DHCP required

Services Software technical support* HP Business Decision Appliance (BDA)

APPLIANCE USE CASES

• Small and Medium Size Companies

• Enterprise Departmental Deployments• SharePoint 2007 widely used, no near term upgrade to 2010• 2010 Enterprise wide deployment but enabling PowerPivot on the mid-

tier not feasible short term

STREAMLINED INSTALL: SHAREPOINT 2010 AND SQL SERVER 2008 R2 INSTALL – END TO END IN ~45 MINS

5

SHAREPOINT STARTING PAGE – FOR END USER

INFORM END-USERS OF NEW APPLIANCE

SHAREPOINT STARTING PAGE – FOR IT USERS

APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE(SHAREPOINT ADD-IN)

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APPLIANCE INFORMATION

APPLIANCE CONSOLE

SYSTEM CENTER OPERATIONS MANAGER: MICROSOFT BI APPLIANCE DIAGRAM VIEW

MICROSOFT DATA WAREHOUSE APPLIANCE

CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED THROUGH HP *

• Makes DW widely accessible without need for dedicated resources

• Up and running with SQL Server in approximately 10 mins

• Automated db creation/load apps remove complexity

• Optimized software and hardware based on best practices for performance and security

• Fast Track DW 3.0 RA configuration

SKUs Components

Microsoft DW Appliance

Server HP ProLiant DL370 G6 x 5675 (4U) with 2x Westmere processors (12 cores), 96GB

Storage 24 x internal SFF SAS disks with 2 x Smart Array controllers and SAS expander (2.3TB raw user storage)

Software Windows Server 2008 R2 EE OEM, SQL Server 2008 R2 EE VL, HP Quick Deployment Tool, HP Business Data Warehouse DDL and Data Load Wizard

Infrastructure Only requirements - Active Directory, DHCP

Services Software technical support

Up to 5TB data warehouse in a pre-configured, optimized single enclosure

* HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance (BDW)

SYSTEM VERIFICATION

WINDOWS MOUNT POINT VERIFICATION

DATABASE CONFIGURATION

SYSTEM CENTER OPERATIONS MANAGER:MDW APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PACK

• Extents Fragmentation• TOP 20 large tables• Fragmentation Thresholds o Avg Fragment Size in pages > 400 : Green o Avg Fragment Size in pages 300-400: Yellow o Avg Fragment Size in pages <300: Red

• Critical State added to the monitor's states• Show Extents Fragmentation diagnostic task in Monitor's history• Show Extents Fragmentation task in Knowledge Base link and in

State

• Adverse configuration changes• Lock Pages in memory Startup Option• Even growth DB files in Filegroup• Increase Extents Number in Database • Autogrow increment <5% or < 100mb• …more…

DIAGNOSTIC TASK AND MONITOR HISTORY- FRAGMENTATION

DIAGNOSTIC TASK AND MONITOR HISTORY- FRAGMENTATION (DETAILS)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• SQL Server Appliances: www.microsoft.com/appliances

• HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance (BDW): http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/solutions-technologies/Appliances/HP-bdw.aspx

• HP Business Decision Appliance (BDA):http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/solutions-technologies/Appliances/HP-ssbi.aspx

• White Paper – Disaster Recovery with two BDAhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/0/5/0/0506F126-74B4-491A-969C-2B2448AD5CB1/MSBIApplianceDR-Final.docx

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