Comprehensive analysis of key enterprise-level tasks running on Windows Platforms

BKJIA exclusive report] customer-centric enterprise competition has now become the main melody, and the protection of key tasks by enterprises has become an important means to improve the competitiveness of enterprises. More and more enterprises are using computer technology to improve their scalability, high reliability, and security in key tasks. Every improvement in computer technology will bring new methods to enterprises. "To make a platform more reliable and scalable, and be fully prepared to provide support for key tasks, we must ensure good matching and matching among various software and hardware ", sandy Gupta, platform strategy director of Microsoft's Windows Server marketing department, spoke in an interview with BKJIA: "global enterprise customers have increasingly high requirements on computing storage and memory, they hope to support key tasks within the enterprise with higher storage and memory capabilities. Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 are cooperating with Intel's new Zhiqiang 7500 series processor chip in March, it brings server operating systems and database technologies into a brand new era."

High scalability

Windows Server 2008 R2 supports the maximum configurations supported by Intel Zhiqiang 7500 Processor family products. The first key advantage is that Windows Server 2008 R2 has strong scalability. It can have 256 logic cores. Currently, Zhiqiang can have a maximum of 128 logical cores, it also provides a maximum of 2 TB of addressing memory, which can provide powerful computing and storage capabilities for customers' key tasks. "The Hyper-V application pool supports the operation of 46 cores, which can process highly concentrated data and increase the processing speed by 30% compared with the previous virtualization load," Sandy said: "At the same time, it also provides the technology for Continuous real-time migration without interfering with the business, providing powerful support for achieving multi-point remote clusters ".

TPC/C and TPC/E are international benchmark, which is a set of standards for online transaction processing systems. Different OEMs use this open or open standard as a benchmark to measure how their products provide better performance services at lower prices. "In the past two weeks, many OEMs have used Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 servers to test their benchmark performance in key tasks ", sandy was excited to list: "seven of the top 10 best systems in the world use Windows Server 2008 R2 as the application Server operating system, measured by the maximum cost effectiveness, all the top 10 systems use Windows Server as the application Server. There are both. NET and Java applications, but they all run on Windows servers ".

High reliability

In Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft provides unprecedented reliability. Reliability is a very important factor for customers' key tasks. In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server, even if the hardware fails, the entire system can continue to operate without being affected. Sandy said: "In Windows Server 2008 R2, on the one hand, it provides a Windows Hardware Error Architecture, namely (Windows Hardware Error Architecture) WHEA, it provides great reliability support for hardware and software that serve critical services. On the other hand, it matches with Intel's 7500 processor, increasing the server's reliability to an unprecedented level."

Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 servers use 16-node fault repair clusters. The real-time migration feature allows you to transfer content from one node to another without interrupting services. It also provides highly reliable database images for automated troubleshooting. "When Windows Server 2008 R2 is used, it can predict the failures that will occur on the machine," Sandy said: "That is to say, the Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 servers can warn the system administrator of possible hardware faults in the memory, and then remind the system administrator of the fault at a certain time in the future, a certain part of hardware may fail. It is very valuable to provide such information. It can also be used in other applications, such as early warnings, automatic fault repair, or real-time information migration ".

Cost-effective

Enterprise IT construction needs to gradually become a strategic asset with commercial value from the expense center. The platforms provided by Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 meet the overall requirements of enterprises in data centers and physical and virtual solutions. These capabilities can be deployed in physical data centers, service data centers, or even on the cloud. Provides a comprehensive and integrated platform for customers to perform key tasks. At the same time, both in physical systems and on the cloud, Microsoft can provide users with comprehensive and unified development tools and management tools.

It provides a comprehensive and integrated platform for the application of key tasks. NET or Java applications, the lowest cost for deploying on the Windows platform. "We cannot deny that scalability and high performance are the natural advantages of UNIX systems, but how to make the application system more than just used by technicians in the development of user-friendly interfaces, but more business personnel engaged in business work can also use it seamlessly. There is still a long way to go for UNIX, "Sandy said." While Microsoft is good at user-friendly interface design, it has been improving scalability and reliability for more than a decade, and it is already comparable to UNIX in both aspects. At the same time, good interoperability on the Windows platform can also enable the deployment and application of a variety of languages, such as PHP and Java applications, users can integrate various types of workloads on Windows server platforms."