[dba-SQLServer] [AccessD] A real puzzler

[Jim Lawrence]

You can actually run your database up on a Cloud based system.

Before you say it is not possible or far too expensive you should check out DigitalOcean. (https://www.digitalocean.com) It has some very interesting features. To run up a quick small droplet costs only $5.00 per month and with the appropriate code an additional two months are added for free.

The system is all SSDs, with tier-1 bandwidth (1 GB per second transfer rate but if a user has access to an ISP unlink (or you live in a community serviced by Google's new communications systems), transfer rates can be 10 GB per second ). Many companies can now afford to use Cloud backup. Basically the data transfer rate is limited to how large of pipe a system's person can get access to: 

http://tinyurl.com/or3gx38

An example of a pre-set hourly rate would be:
 $ 0.952 / hour or $ 22.85 / day

64 GB Memory
20 Core Processor
640 GB SSD Disk
9 TB Transfer
  
The above is just a sample but a person can choose any size. Someone can just use their droplet as long as they need it and then just blow it away....no long term contracts:

https://www.digitalocean.com/help 

There are hundreds of tutorials on virtually every subject on how to best use cloud computing:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials

The question is can someone use Windows. Like ALL Cloud systems, they just use KVM containers, just like Microsoft Azure. To get Windows compatibility, a Virtual drive like VMware or Virtualbox (MS uses a custom Hyper-V drive) is installed, on the Linux OS of choice.     

Just a thought.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion concerning MS SQL Server" <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 12:32:14 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] [AccessD] A real puzzler

This is a one of a kind machine, custom built by me.

The closest thing to a "similar machine" is a VM server that I also 
built, a hex core AMD with consumer grade "everything", 32 gigs ram, 
which was custom built to run 8 VMs that are also used with this 
system.  The VMs all use 3.5 gigs of ram so there isn't really the 
memory / cpu horsepower left to even approach the needs of the SQL Server.

John W. Colby

On 8/8/2015 3:12 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Just a thought and everything that can be eliminated is a step towards a solution.
>
> If a backup server with similar features could be tested on then the possibility of software issues could be either isolated or discovered.
>
> Jim
>
>

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