GRIDSCALE for SQL Server

With GRIDSCALE, you can avoid the scalability limitations, technical complexity, and costs associated with traditional clustering, mirroring and replication solutions for SQL Server. GRIDSCALE lets you scale application load horizontally across multiple, active-active instances of SQL Server. Plus with GRIDSCALE, you can eliminate planned and unplanned database outages since all SQL Servers managed by GRIDSCALE are fully active. Finally, since GRIDSCALE supports databases in remote locations, you can meet disaster recovery requirements without the complexity of traditional transaction or storage replication or solutions.

GRIDSCALE has been thoroughly tested in Microsoft's MTC labs.

How GRIDSCALE Works

GRIDSCALE runs between your applications and databases to manage multiple, active-active copies of SQL Server running anywhere on the network. GRIDSCALE load balances read requests for scalability and performance. Write requests and database changes are propagated asynchronously to all databases to keep them in sync. The SQL Server instances themselves operate completely independently from one another, unaware that they are part of a pool of database servers.

The GRIDSCALE server mplements Microsoft SQL Server’s native tabular data stream (TDS) protocol, making it compatible with most native SQL drivers, including ADO, .NET, and OLE DB. Plus, you can use your existing, popular tools such as SQL Server Enterprise Manager to simultaneously manage multiple SQL Servers managed by GRIDSCALE.

Benefits of GRIDSCALE for SQL Server:

  • Scale-out your applications, up to 85% for each additional SQL Server managed by GRIDSCALE
  • Eliminate planned and unplanned database downtime
  • Provision and de-provision database instances dynamically, based on changing application needs
  • Implement low-cost disaster recovery

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