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Highlights
- Build a rock-solid Microsoft® SQL Server infrastructure using IBM System x portfolio of servers
- Improve performance, scalability and availability of your SQL Server applications with System x M3 servers for scale-out solutions and System x eX5 servers for scale-up solutions.
- Achieve high ratio, high performance SQL consolidation using Hyper-V on IBM x3850 X5/x3950 X5 servers with their large memory support.
- Improve SQL performance and realize high density SQL server consolidation with a small footprint using the HX5 scalable blade server.
IBM System x and BladeCenter servers with Microsoft SQL Server
Need a high performance, reliable x86 solution to satisfy your database needs? Combining IBM System x servers equipped with eX5 technology and Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 software helps provide a cost-effective, scale-up Intel® processor-based solution for your rapidly growing database requirements.
Business Intelligence
- New Business Intelligence Solutions on the IBM System x3850 X5 Using XIV Storage
- Business Intelligence Solutions on the IBM System x3850 X5 Using XIV Storage
- SQL Business Intelligence Solutions on the IBM System x3850 X5
- IBM System x Business Intelligence Solutions for Small to Large Businesses with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- IBM System x Business Intelligence Solutions for Small-Medium Businesses with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Data warehousing
- IBM System x3850/x3950 X5 Combined with High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters Demonstrate New Levels of I/O Scalability
- The IBM eX5 Memory Advantage: How Additional Memory Capacity on eX5 Can Benefit SQL Server Data Warehouse Workloads
- Fibre Channel, FCoE and iSCSI Performance Comparison for DSS Workloads with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- Configuration guide for IBM System x servers and IBM System Storage using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Fast Track Data Warehouse
- IBM Reference Configurations for Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse
Virtualization
- Consolidation of Microsoft SQL Server Instances on the IBM System x3850 X5 with Microsoft Hyper-V
- Consolidating Large Microsoft SQL Server Databases on the IBM System x3850 X5 with Microsoft Hyper-V
- Virtualizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V on IBM System x3650 M3 (149KB)
- Virtualizing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (649KB)
Scalability for intense SQL workloads: Reporting and Analysis
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Microsoft and IBM eX5
Bill Laing, Corporate VP at Microsoft talks about eX5 technology and how IBM and Microsoft work together to satisfy customers.