Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Solutions on Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell PowerVault Storage

This paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development, testing and support with Microsoft, this Reference Configuration for SQL Server documents "best practices" that can help speed SQL Server 2005 solution implementation and help simplify operations, improve performance and availability.