Microsoft SQL Server is a robust, enterprise-grade database management platform widely trusted for critical transaction processing, structured data storage, and business intelligence workloads. When deployed in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, SQL Server is an essential building block for scalable, resilient, cloud-based business application solutions. Leveraging Everpure Cloud Dedicated as persistent storage for virtualized SQL Server databases in Azure enables organizations to achieve greater storage efficiency, predictable high performance, and streamlined data protection, all while significantly lowering cloud storage costs.
This reference architecture provides clear guidance for deploying SQL Server databases on Azure Virtual Machines using Everpure Cloud Dedicated exclusively as the foundation for persistent storage for user databases.
Solution Benefits
Deploying SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines with Everpure Cloud Dedicated delivers several key business and operational advantages:
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Significant storage cost reduction: Built-in inline data reduction typically shrinks SQL Server storage footprints by three to five times, dramatically lowering Azure storage expenses and total cost of ownership.
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Simplified business continuity and disaster recovery: Everpure Cloud Dedicated provides enterprise-grade data services such as instantaneous snapshots, near-synchronous replication (ActiveDR), and synchronous replication (ActiveCluster), enabling robust data protection and disaster recovery without additional complexity or high cost.
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Independent, predictable storage performance: Everpure Cloud Dedicated separates storage performance from virtual machine sizing, allowing organizations to flexibly scale IOPS and throughput on the storage array without requiring costly upgrades of virtual machine resources, software licenses, or unnecessary operational overhead.
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Avoidance of cloud vendor lock-in: Everpure Cloud Dedicated runs the same Purity operating environment available in on-premises and other public cloud deployments, giving organizations full flexibility to adopt hybrid or multi-cloud strategies without losing data control or consistency.
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Operational simplicity through automation: Everpure Cloud Dedicated supports comprehensive automation through its REST APIs and common infrastructure-as-code tools, streamlining database provisioning, backup workflows, and operational tasks to reduce manual intervention and operational complexity.