David West > Lenovo Press

David West is a Lenovo solutions engineer working onsite at the Microsoft Redmond campus. He has 20 years of experience in the industry with a diverse IT background in solutions engineering, testing and performance tuning. He worked with Microsoft and IBM for the past 11 years on enterprise storage performance and tuning projects for SQL Server and Exchange Server. He has authored numerous technical papers on Microsoft enterprise solutions with IBM storage and System x servers. David has also contributed to System x technical architectures for SQL Data Warehouse Fast Track and the Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP). David is currently working on SQL performance and Microsoft cloud solutions such as Edge Cloud.

David West has authored the following 20 documents. Click one of the links below to show just the documents of that type.

All Documents by David West

SQL Server 2022 on ThinkSystem SR665 V3 with AMD 5th Gen processors
Reference Architecture, first published 2 Apr 2025

Optimizing Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4
Solution Brief, first published 1 Apr 2025

Running Microsoft Azure Arc enabled SQL Server on Lenovo Servers
Solution Brief, first published 27 Mar 2025

Reference Architecture for Workloads using Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series
Reference Architecture, first published 31 Oct 2017, last updated 27 Jun 2024

Deploying AI at the Edge with Lenovo ThinkEdge Series Servers
Solution Brief, first published 27 Jun 2024

Microsoft SQL Server 2022 at the Edge with Lenovo ThinkAgile MX455 V3
Solution Brief, first published 18 Jun 2024

Optimizing Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Lenovo ThinkAgile HX650 V3
Solution Brief, first published 24 May 2024

Azure Virtual Desktop on ThinkAgile MX
Solution Brief, first published 5 Sep 2024

Microsoft Azure Stack HCI on Intel-Based Lenovo ThinkSystem V3 Servers
Solution Brief, first published 7 Jun 2023, last updated 25 Mar 2024

Improving ThinkAgile MX Solutions with the New Features in Microsoft Azure Stack HCI 23H2
Planning / Implementation, first published 7 Mar 2024

Reference Architecture: Microsoft SQL Server on Azure Stack HCI with ThinkAgile MX650 V3
Reference Architecture, first published 20 Dec 2023

Optimizing Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3
Solution Brief, first published 15 Dec 2023

Reference Architecture: Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) with ThinkAgile VX Series
Reference Architecture, first published 22 Nov 2023

SQL Server 2022 on Lenovo ThinkAgile MX650 V3 Series
Solution Brief, first published 27 Sep 2023

SQL Server 2022 on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 V3 with AMD 4th and 5th Gen processors
Solution Brief, first published 20 Aug 2023

Reference Architecture for Google Anthos with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX
Reference Architecture, first published 21 Aug 2019, last updated 22 Mar 2023

Running Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V2
Solution Brief, first published 27 Dec 2022

Microsoft Azure SQL Edge with Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 Solution Guide
Planning / Implementation, first published 22 Sep 2021, last updated 1 Dec 2021

Implementing a Storage Architecture for SQL Server using the Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F Storage Array
Planning / Implementation, first published 17 Jun 2021

Running SQL Server with High Availability on ThinkAgile MX with Azure Stack HCI Stretched Cluster Feature
Planning / Implementation, first published 7 Apr 2021