1.
Learn. Connect. Explore.

2.
SQL Performance: Demystified
on Azure VMs
Sourabh Agarwal | Amit Banerjee
Sr. Premier Field Engineer | Microsoft Services

3.
Who are We?
Sourabh Agarwal
Amit Banerjee

4.
Agenda
Azure IaaS Cheat Sheet Demo Magic

5.
Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Your Virtual Machine
on-the-go
Compute, Storage,
Network, Memory
CAPEX vs OPEX

6.
Building your Virtual Machine
Click,
type,
next
Post-deployment
configuration

7.
Details
Machine
name
Clouse
Service
Gallery Image
Operating
System
SQL Release
& Edition
Machine Size RAM CPU
Storage
Use an
existing or
new
Configuration
details
Ports Affinity
Availability
Set
Building your Virtual Machine

8.
Post-Deployment
No more Storage
Admin
Local is good Follow Best
Practices

9.
Cheat Sheet - Storage
• 20,000 IOPs
• 500 IOPs/Data Disk
• 64-KB allocation unit size for data and log files as well as tempdb
• Use Storage Spaces on Windows Server 2012 and above
• Do not store data on the temporary drive unless for tempdb and buffer
pool extension on SSD drives (D-series VMs)
• Separate storage for data and log files
• Caching policy = NONE
• Backup to BLOB storage
• Disable GEO-replication on storage account

10.
Cheat Sheet SQL Server
• Use LPIM
• Use >A3 for Enterprise Edition & >A2 for Standard Edition
• Disable autoshrink
• Enable instant file initialization
• Use database page compression

11.
DEMO Magic
Up above the sky so high……
Create
Automate
… AND voila!!!

12.
References
Related references for you to expand your knowledge on the subject
Azure Pricing Calculator
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/?scenario=full
Pricing Overview
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/overview/
Getting started with a SQL Server VM on Azure
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn133151.aspx
Setting up a SQL Azure VM
http://troubleshootingsql.com/2014/05/30/setting-up-sql-server-on-
azure-for-testing/
Whitepaper: Performance Guidance for SQL Server VMs
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn248436.aspx
technet.microsoft.com/en-in
aka.ms/mva
msdn.microsoft.com/

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