Virtualising SQL Server
This session provides attendees with details on how to approach a SQL Server virtualisation project. Discussing topics central to server virtualisation such as performance and scalability considerations.
Here's a summary of the session:
- Business and technical drivers
- Why virtualise?
- Virtualisation project goals benefits and pitfalls
- Virtualisation planning
- Considerations for special aspects of SQL Server's resource requirements
- SQL Instance design
- Virtualisation Design and implementation
- Considerations for solution design
- Using Virtualisation to provide High Availability
- Configuration optimisations
- Potential issues and solutions
- Troubleshooting SQL Server on virtualised platforms
Speaker focus
Justin is a Principal Consultant for Coeo Ltd, a Microsoft Gold Partner providing SQL Server consulting services for upgrade, performance tuning, scalability and availability solutions for all versions of SQL Server. Coeo also offer Remote DBA services to customers who outsource management and 24x7 operations of their SQL Server platform. Justin works delivering and maintaining SQL Server solutions for customers in a variety of industry sectors throughout Europe.
Prior to joining Coeo - Justin spent three years working for Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer. In this role, he delivered SQL Server support consulting to some of Microsoft’s largest finance and government customers in Europe. Justin has co-authored Wrox IT Pro: SQL Server Performance Tuning, two Syngress exam guides on SQL Server 2008 and contributed four chapters to the recently released Wrox SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting guide with Christian Bolton, James Rowland-Jones, Jonathon Kehayias and Brent Ozar.
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