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5 Dell EMC SC Series: Disaster Recovery for Microsoft SQL Server Using VMware Site Recovery Manager | CML1018
Executive summary
Data center consolidation by way of x86 virtualization is a trend which has gained tremendous momentum
and offers many benefits. One workload type that is generally considered a virtualization candidate is
Microsoft
®
SQL Server
®
. Although the physical nature of Microsoft SQL Server is transformed once it is
virtualized, the necessity for data protection, retention, and recovery remains. This document identifies a
variety of options available for providing an automated disaster recovery solution for virtualized SQL Server
workloads using Dell EMC™ SC Series, Replay Manager, array-based replication, and VMware
®
Site
Recovery Manager with varying levels of consistency.