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Running SQL Server 2022 on Lenovo ThinkAgile HX665 V3 Systems with Nutanix

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11 Jun 2025
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LP2235
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Abstract

In our data-rich environment, businesses of all sizes are grappling with a surge of fast-moving information, making the right data collection and management tools crucial. Businesses of all sizes are being inundated by information at increasing velocity. It’s important to choose a solution that matches the requirements of the company, resulting in the most efficient outcome.

The Hyperconverged Infrastructure solution offered by Lenovo with Nutanix software simplifies IT and data center operations. By using it, the TCO is lower than the that of traditional, bare metal environments. The appliance is powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors that support a high number of cores and PCI express lanes.

Lenovo ThinkAgile HX665 V3 Integrated Systems with Nutanix Software are optimized for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Decision Support Systems (DSS) . This document is based on tests performed with Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Nutanix Software. The nodes used are 2U systems equipped with two socket 4th Gen 48-core AMD EPYC CPU`s, DDR5 4800MT/s memory (by using 256GB 3DS RDIMM`s 6TB of system memory can be achieved) and PCI Express 5.0 expansion capabilities. The HX665 V3 server is a storage dense offering, supporting up to 24x 2.5-inch hot-swap bays, 16 NVMe drives (with 1:1 PCIe lanes connectivity, no oversubscription) and M.2 RAID adapters for OS.

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