Azure Stack HCI has the power and scalability enterprises require, at an attractive price
Azure Stack HCI is built to accommodate everything from a small, 2-node deployment to a 16-node deployment spread across offices and datacenters around the world. It can effectively help you cut costs—from purchasing to maintenance to operations—all while reducing required physical space. Azure Stack HCI is integrated with both Azure and Azure Arc. This enables global monitoring and management as part of your existing subscription— services that would cost more elsewhere.
| Simplify both service and support using a sole vendor for the host operating system, the hypervisor, the HCI infrastructure, and often the guest operating system. | Unlock additional functionality without upsells or tiers. The entire stack—compute, storage, and network—are all unied. |
| Bring more of your compute power to your most remote locations. A reduced physical footprint makes hybrid computing for edge and remote office/branch Office (ROBO) scenarios viable. | Optimize functionality and performance at no additional cost as more features and updates are released with Azure Stack HCI’s subscription format. |
High value at any scale
With a cost savings of up to 62 percent, Azure Stack HCI offers great price performance. While competitors may require specific hardware solutions, Azure Stack HCI is available on over 150 validated hardware configurations. Additionally, Azure Stack HCI performance scales linearly as more nodes are added.
| Save me and resources with regular and consistent feature and security updates | Access Azure hybrid services such as Azure Security Center, Azure Backup and Azure site recovery. |
| Consolidate effort when you apply your exisng Azure support plan to Azure Stack HCI. | Simplify invoicing with unified Azure billing. |
Take advantage of no-cost extended security updates for Windows Server.
Save costs when you pay per core per month, not per socket.
There will at least be a cost saving of more than 50% on Azure HCI Stack: HyperEdge™ vis-à-vis Azure usage on a generic scenario. This alone should be good enough a reason to jump bandwagon.
Great SQL Server performance
Azure Stack HCI allows SQL Server to run natively (kernel mode) without the need for an agent removing an unnecessary dependency from the process.
Measuring improvement in random 4 kilobit (Kb) read input/output.
With Intel NVMe and Optane persistent memory,
Azure Stack HCI delivers breakthrough performance.
The above graph shows the improvement in random 4Kb read input/output that can be achieved using various Intel technologies. These technologies also benefit SQL Server workload performance optimization.