If you run mission-critical databases, a dedicated SQL Server provides the highest levels of performance, security and reliability while controlling administration costs.

Benefits of a dedicated SQL Server include:

• Six nines (99.9999%) uptime availability.¹
• Better security than any of the other major database platforms.²
• 460% savings in annual cost of administration per database over Oracle.³

SQL Server 2012 Breakthrough Insight

Dedicated SQL Servers can put an intense demand on resources such as CPU and RAM. Dedicated SQL Servers with high I/O needs can see performance benefits from the use of solid state drives. Cbeyond offers custom High Availability solutions for your SQL Server needs. Our team of DBAs can help design and configure a solution that will meet your database's specific needs. Cbeyond supports the following technologies:

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Supplemental Dedicated SQL Server support is available from our team of DBAs for just $129 a month and includes:

• Direct contact with the Cbeyond SQL team
• Monitoring of SQL Server and SQL Agent service to ensure that the database remains running
• Configuration of local database backups and transaction log backups
• Nightly checks for database integrity issues
• Weekly rebuilds of database indexes and statistics are rebuilt weekly
• Monitoring of backup jobs for failures including notification for both customers and the Cbeyond SQL Team of failures via Quest's Spotlight on SQL
• Free Index Tuning Analysis available twice a year
• SQL Server disk space monitoring
• Alerts on performance based events

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1 Microsoft Case Study: Stratus Technologies^

2 ITIC: SQL Server Delivers Industry-Leading Security, Sept 2010^

3 Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database: A Comparative Study on Total Cost of Administration (TCA)^

Contact a Customer Solutions Advisor through the Cloud Server Order Request Form and receive a price quote within 2 business days.