1. Software image installs on
x86 server and SAN storage,
VM, or cloud in under an hour
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Delphix for SQL Server: Data Loading Architecture
NFS
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SOURCE DATABASE TARGET HOSTS 1. Install Delphix Virtual Appliance and
allocate storage
2. Install Delphix Connector on target
Windows hosts and register with Delphix
Server
3. User selects one of the Windows target
hosts to serve as a “proxy.” Delphix
creates a Replica DB on the target host
with storage on Delphix.
4. Delphix initiates a copy-only full backup of
source database using SQL Server
commands
5. Proxy host restores full backup to the
Replica DB
6. Proxy host maintains synchronization with
source by restoring transaction log
backups to Replica DB as they become
available.
7. Delphix constructs TimeFlow from initial
backup + restored transaction logs
TimeFlow
SMB
dSource

2. Delphix for SQL Server: Provisioning VDBs
Space efficient VDBs are
created instantly with no DB
recovery required
DBSERVER
SOURCE DATABASE TARGET HOSTS
TimeFlow
1. User picks a dSource snapshot
2. User picks a target host
3. The VDB is mounted on the target
via iSCSI
4. Delphix bring the SQL Server
database online
5. Since transaction logs were
applied as part of the data
loading process, provisioning from
a snapshot is constant-time, and
requires no recovery
iSCSI