SIOS Technology Corp., the industry pioneer in providing IT
Resilience through intelligent application availability, today announced a new
no-cost assessment for customers considering migrating Microsoft SQL Server
2008 to Azure to address the July 9, 2019, End-of-Support.
A
major challenge when considering this option from Microsoft is how to maintain
SQL Server availability. High availability clustering solutions used on
premises are not possible in Azure due to their reliance on shared-storage.
This new SIOS offer provides businesses a no-cost assessment of their SQL
Server 2008 environments and delivers an Azure re-hosting and configuration
plan that ensures protection against unplanned downtime and data loss to meet
customer-specific SLAs.
"Moving
SQL Server 2008 environments to Azure achieves the goal of obtaining continued
product updates from Microsoft without the need to upgrade. However, the
question of maintaining availability of those SQL Server environments in the
cloud becomes a challenge," said Michael Bilancieri, VP, Product, SIOS
Technology.
"Shared-storage clustering solutions that deliver availability for
on-premises environments are not a native option in Azure. Designing and
implementing high availability clusters in the cloud requires specialized
skills to ensure that reliable availability is achieved and that the SLAs of
critical systems using SQL Server are met. We've helped customers deploy
thousands of SQL Server instances in the cloud with our software and expertise
and we're looking to help customers take advantage of Microsoft's SQL Server
2008 EOS program in Azure."
For more information on
the SIOS No-Cost Assessment for SQL Server 2008 end of support on Azure, visit
here: https://us.sios.com/solutions/sql-server-2008-end-of-support