What is Microsoft APS?
The Microsoft APS Appliance is a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) database appliance that is engineered
to support businesses challenges around
- Data Growth,
- Infrastructure Modernization &
- Real-Time Analytics.
The following three vendors manufacture Microsoft APS Hardware:
- HP
- Dell
- Quanta
Typically APS is bought as a “RACK” or a fraction of a rack.
- HP sells APS hardware in 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and Full rack configurations; going up a size adds 15TB in disk space
- Dell and Quanta sell APS Hardware in 1/3, 2/3 and Full rack configurations; going up a size adds 22TB in disk space
So if you were to buy HP hardware, this is how you would scale up:
|
HP APS Appliance |
1 Base Unit |
Add On |
|
# Compute Nodes |
2 |
4 |
|
#SQL Compute Nodes |
2 |
4 |
|
# SQL Cores |
32 |
64 |
|
SQL Computing Memory (GB) |
512 |
1024 |
|
SQL Usable Capacity RAW (TB) |
15 |
30 |
|
SQL Capacity Compressed (TB)* estimated |
75 |
150 |
On the other hand, if you were to go down the path of buying Dell or Quanta hardware, this is how you would scale up:
|
Dell or Quanta APS Appliance |
1 Base Unit |
Add On |
|
# Compute Nodes |
3 |
6 |
|
#SQL Compute Nodes |
3 |
6 |
|
# SQL Cores |
48 |
96 |
|
SQL Computing Memory (GB) |
768 |
1536 |
|
SQL Usable Capacity RAW (TB) |
23 |
46 |
|
SQL Capacity Compressed (TB)* estimated |
113 |
226 |
Stay tuned for more information on Microsoft APS.
