Zadara enhances SQL Server database migration to the cloud, removes complexity, hidden risks and expenses

Zadara Storage announced a new solution that enables enterprises to migrate SQL Server database apps to the cloud – in a phased manner. 

High availability (HA) is imperative to a well-architected SQL Server environment and modernizing business-critical applications. 

While Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition provides a mechanism for doing so, it is costly for organizations that only need its HA features. But according to Zadara, it doesn’t have to be this way. Zadara’s hybrid cloud storage platform is available on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. 

Zadara’s service offering allows users to meet their high-availability requirements using SQL Standard Edition within the AWS environment – providing them with the ability to maintain HA without the cost of SQL Enterprise Edition. In addition, applications can be migrated to AWS without any code changes.

“Our newest offering is the latest example of Zadara’s ability to deliver real business value,” said Oded Kellner, vice president, product management at Zadara. “We are helping customers navigate the hidden risks and unnecessary expenses that have plagued so many SQL Server migrations to public clouds – with greater reliability, faster performance and increased security capabilities.”

Zadara Storage deploys at Cologix's Columbus data center campus to leverage connectivity, cloud on-ramp to AWS, ecosystem

Cologix, a network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, has announced that Zadara Storage recently deployed its enterprise cloud storage platform at Cologix's Columbus data center campus and interconnection hub.

The Columbus data center market has exploded in recent years due its geographic proximity to roughly half of the U.S. population, offering low latency connectivity options with strong tax incentives and low environmental risks. 

Cologix Columbus is one of the largest and most advanced data centers in the Midwest. A Tier III Certified facility, Cologix Columbus purpose-built for enterprises and large customers that need critical power with complete uptime, robust connectivity through more than 50 onsite carriers and its ecosystem, as well as direct access to major cloud providers.

Zadara Storage already deployed with Cologix in Montreal earlier this year, where it operates 10 traditional and hyperscale data centers with more than 100 MW and direct on-ramps to such cloud services as Amazon Web Services Direct Connect, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute, IBM Cloud and Oracle FastConnect.

"We are pleased Zadara Storage selected Cologix to support the explosive growth in demand for their enterprise storage-as-a-service solution," said Laura Ortman, president and chief revenue officer of Cologix. "We welcome them into our robust interconnection hub in Columbus with access to major cloud on-ramps like AWS and connectivity to our Cloud Access Marketplace."