The Value of NetApp Storage With Consolidation and Virtualization in Microsoft SQL Server Environments

While individual applications, consolidation efforts, and the virtualization of infrastructure often get discussed - or indeed, implemented - as separate items, optimum value is invariably to be discovered with an all-encompassing approach. This paper focuses on the optimum storage and storage management for SQL Server, especially when also employing virtualized servers and/or consolidation solutions; it includes a specific evaluation of the approach taken by NetApp.