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SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Up to 3.6x faster at 84% lower


cost than SQL Server on AWS
Azure vs. AWS performance study for SQL Server VMs
GigaOm recently wrote several studies where they tested throughput performance between
SQL Server on Azure VMs and SQL Server on AWS EC2. The studies evaluated SQL Server on
Azure and on AWS across three benchmarks: Windows OS, Linux OS, and high-end
SSD storage. Performance is derived from the TPC-E transaction per second (TPS) metric.

Performance Price/performance
The results Higher is better Lower is better

Latest GigaOm study


Transactions per second (TPS) 3 year pricing / TPS*
Windows OS

1088.76 $61.64

320.11 $390.97

3.6x faster on Azure Costs 84% less than AWS

Linux OS Transactions per second (TPS) 3 year pricing / TPS

878.03 $865.79

293.50 $2,648.00

Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3.0x faster on Azure Costs 67% less than AWS

High-end Transactions per second (TPS) 3 year pricing / TPS


storage
1570.41 $179.52

1071.33 $264.90

Azure VMs with Ultra


Disk and AWS VMs
with i01 Volumes 1.5X faster on Azure Costs 32% less than AWS

Azure leads AWS across key performance and price/performance benchmarks


5 more reasons to pick Azure over AWS for
SQL Server workloads
Free support for SQL Server 2008/R2
Get free extended security updates for SQL Server 2008/R2 images when migrating to Azure IaaS
for three years.
Free Disaster Recovery secondary in Azure
On-premises SQL Server with Software Assurance now comes with free SQL license when adding an
Azure Disaster Recovery secondary
Automatic security updates
Ease of maintenance with automatic application of the latest security patches, only on Azure.

Pre-configured cloud backup


Restore to a specific point in time with an automatically-generated Azure backup.

Only cloud with Developer edition


Access the fully-featured free SQL Server Developer edition, only pre-configured on Azure.

Allscripts leveraged existing licensing to seamlessly


migrate to the cloud with Azure Virtual Machines

Challenge Solution Outcome


Need to Migration of 600 SQL Licensing savings
consolidate Server VMs to Azure up to 82% with
data after with existing Windows Azure Hybrid
acquisitions and SQL Licenses Benefit

“ By moving our acquired applications to Azure, we were able to get


them up, running, and adding value to the business in three weeks
versus the three months needed to requisition servers and storage. ”

Peter Tomlinson
Director of IS, Technology Operations

Choose Azure when migrating SQL Server to the cloud


Read the complete performance studies:
SQL Transaction Processing, Price-Performance Testing (Feb. 2020)
SQL Transaction Processing, Price-Performance Testing (Oct. 2019)
Leverage your on-premises licenses with Azure Hybrid Benefit

Price-performance claims based on data from two separate studies commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by GigaOm. The October 2019 study compared price performance between SQL Server
2017 Enterprise Edition on Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition in Azure E64s_v3 instance type with 4x P30 1TB Storage Pool data (Read-Only Cache) + 1x P20 0.5TB log (No Cache) and the SQL
Server 2017 Enterprise Edition on Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition in AWS EC2 r4.16xlarge instance type with 1x 4TB gp2 data + 1x 1TB gp2 log. The February 2020 study compared price
performance between SQL Server 2019 Enterprise Edition on Windows Server 2019 Datacenter edition in Azure E32as_v4 instance type with P30 Premium SSD Disks and the SQL Server 2019 Enterprise
Edition on Windows Server 2019 Datacenter edition in AWS EC2 r5a.8xlarge instance type with General Purpose (gp2) volumes. Benchmark data is taken from a GigaOm Analytic Field Test derived from a
recognized industry standard, TPC Benchmark™ E (TPC-E). The Field Test does not implement the full TPC-E benchmark and as such is not comparable to any published TPC-E benchmarks. Prices are
based on publicly available US pricing in West US for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines and Northern California for AWS EC2 as of October 2019 and January 2020 respectively. The pricing
incorporates three-year reservations for Azure and AWS compute pricing, and Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server and Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server and License Mobility for SQL Server in
AWS, excluding Software Assurance costs. Price-performance results are based upon the configurations detailed in the GigaOm Analytic Field Test. Actual results and prices may vary based on
configuration and region. Learn more here: www.aka.ms/sql_iaas_best_on_azure_blog (February 2020 GigaOm study details); www.aka.ms/sql_iaas_price_perf_blog (December 2019 GigaOm study details)

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