HP launches new software for Microsoft SQL

BANGALORE, INDIA:HP StorageWorks Division, today announced the launch of the HP PolyServe software for Microsoft SQL server.

HP PolyServe’s 'shared data' architecture delivers enterprise class availability and virtualization-like flexibility in a utility platform for customers, said a press release. It helps enterprises not only reduce the cost of the SQL server but also improve agility, it added.

“HP PolyServe software for Microsoft SQL servers offers customers a highly available, flexible, simple approach to SQL server consolidation,” said Prakash Krishnamoorthy, country manager, HP StorageWorks Division, Technology Solutions Group, HP India.

He added that unique solutions like the HP PolyServe software will help businesses realize greater value from their existing IT investments, capitalize on next-generation technologies and achieve business outcomes.

Key features of the new software for Microsoft SQL server include adaptive, scalable Microsoft SQL server platform, dynamic re-hosting, consolidated data management, high availability for mission-critical applications, said the release.

According to the release, the new product offers mission critical high availability, instant mobility, and management automation required for mission-critical databases. It will give a scale out capability to the customers SQL infrastructure just by adding more processing power.

Pallavi Kathuria, director, Server Business Group, Microsoft India said, “With the introduction, of the HP PolyServe Software, we can now deploy MS SQL Server that can flex capacity to need, reduce capital costs, improve availability and dramatically simplify management.”

She further said that the solution goes beyond just consolidation to provide scalable capacity allocation, on-the-fly instance mobility making it the ideal solution for database consolidation.