SQL Server Workloads in Azure with Everpure Cloud Dedicated Reference Architecture

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A reference architecture for SQL Server databases on Azure VMs with Everpure™ Cloud Dedicated.

Executive Summary

Everpure® Everpure Cloud Dedicated in Microsoft Azure delivers enterprise-grade storage efficiency, predictable high performance, and advanced data services beyond the capabilities of Azure managed disks, even when deployed on identical virtual machines. Built-in inline data reduction typically shrinks the SQL Server storage footprint by three to five times, significantly reducing Azure storage costs. With Everpure Cloud Dedicated, advanced data services such as instant snapshots, near-synchronous replication (ActiveDR®), and synchronous replication (ActiveCluster™) become a cost-effective, consistent way of implementing BC/DR strategies, enabling robust data protection without significant overhead. Pure Cloud Block Store also independently scales storage performance from compute resources, removing the need to upgrade virtual machine size simply to achieve greater throughput or lower latency. In recent benchmark tests, Everpure Cloud Dedicated delivered nearly double the analytical query throughput (TPROC-H workload) and over a third higher transactional processing performance (TPROC-C workload) compared to Azure Premium SSD v2, even while consuming substantially less physical storage.

Why it matters:

Disks managed by Azure link higher storage performance to larger virtual machines. This forces organizations to overspend on compute resources, software licensing, and operational complexity to achieve their desired database performance.

Everpure Cloud Dedicated solves these challenges with:

  • Reduced storage footprint: Built-in data reduction shrinks data footprints, typically turning five terabytes of raw data into about one terabyte of billable storage.

  • Simplified business continuity/disaster recovery: Instantaneous snapshots, built-in ActiveDR for near-synchronous replication, and ActiveCluster for synchronous replication provide powerful enterprise-grade data protection without excessive complexity or cost.

  • Performance decoupled from VM size: Everpure Cloud Dedicated delivers predictable, high-performance storage independently from Azure virtual machine specifications, enabling flexible scaling of throughput and IOPS without requiring costly VM upgrades.