Databases are where most business value lives, and they are usually the hardest workloads to virtualise well. This page collects my articles on running business critical databases on Nutanix, mostly Oracle, SQL Server and SAP HANA, with a little MySQL and PostgreSQL testing along the way. It covers architecture, performance testing and licensing, with links to the deeper posts.
Start here
- Bring the AI to the Data – Business Critical Databases Meet Enterprise AI on Nutanix – bringing enterprise AI to the databases you already run
- Enterprise Workloads and Databases on Nutanix Cloud Platform Evaluation – independent evaluation of SQL Server, Oracle and other enterprise workloads
- Configuring Database Servers for Optimal Performance – your database is an extension of your storage
- Storage Sizing Considerations when Virtualizing Business Critical Applications
Oracle on Nutanix
- Refreshed 100TB Production Oracle DB to 10 x Non-Prod DB’s in 20 Mins!
- Nutanix Performance with Oracle SLOB on All Flash Nodes
- Choosing the Right ASM Allocation Unit for a Virtualized Oracle Database
- Oracle Databases on Web-Scale Infrastructure
- Oracle Licensing and Support on Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform
- Nutanix Oracle RAC vMotion
- Nutanix: The Big Red Easy Button for Oracle Databases – Part 1
SQL Server on Nutanix
- Best Practices for Running SQL Server Virtualized
- Rapid Provisioning of SQL Server Test Environments with Nutanix
- Nutanix SQL Server DB VAAI Clone Performance
- Customer Example: SQL Server and Oracle on Nutanix Web Scale Converged Infrastructure
SAP HANA
- RedHat and Nutanix Strategic Partnership, Including SAP HANA
- Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure for SAP HANA Scale-Out BWH
- In Memory Performance, Hyperconverged Simplicity – Nutanix AHV Validated for SAP HANA Production
- In Memory Performance, Hyperconverged Simplicity – SAP HANA Validated on Nutanix AHV
Performance testing databases
- Improving HammerDB Benchmark Test Results
- Performance Testing Oracle Databases with Swingbench Order Entry Schema
- Performance Testing Databases with Dell DVD Store 2.1 Benchmark
- Performance Testing MySQL and PostgreSQL with HammerDB and PGBench
- Using DB Replay to Test Performance and Scalability of Oracle Databases
Licensing
- Licensing Databases In a Virtualized Environment – Eradicate the Terrorists Of Your Datacenter
- Oracle Licensing and Support on VMware: Awaken the FUD in Your Datacenter!
- Oracle in VMware Environments – This Time Without FUD!
Related hubs: for SQL Server specifically, see SQL Server Virtualisation. For AI on top of your databases, see Enterprise AI on Nutanix.