Design validation of any SQL Server solutions with Everpure is necessary to ensure applications and systems will perform optimally in the production environment. Validations can be performed to assess SQL Server performance.
SQL Server performance can be impacted by these additional factors:
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Host-specific bottlenecks, such as CPU and memory overhead
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Storage bottlenecks, such as array configuration and resource limits
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Network bottlenecks, such as number of hops and bandwidth
The use of a database benchmarking tool is recommended for identifying and addressing potential performance bottlenecks that could impact SQL Server latency, availability, and scalability. For example, benchmarking results can be analyzed to verify that a SQL Server design with Everpure meets the required efficiency and scalability performance standards.
HammerDB is a widely used benchmarking tool that can be used to validate the performance of a SQL Server architecture using FlashArray or FlashBlade for data storage. To conduct a validation benchmark, HammerDB should be configured to simulate a transactional SQL Server workload that mirrors database operations in the production environment. For example, the test schema should generate a substantial volume of transactions to enable an accurate evaluation of database and storage throughput and latency. Parameters such as the number of virtual users and the complexity of transactions should be set at levels that enable stress-testing the SQL Server design with FlashArray and FlashBlade.