DxEnterprise Reviews

This software makes it incredibly easy to do failover for SQL Server. If you have ever used PolyServe, DxEnterprise offers all of the same features and more. Plus it is a supported tool unlike Polyserve.

DxEnterprise makes it easy to install a new SQL Instance, upgrade an existing SQL instance and failover an instance. On top of that, it will fail over any services you want along with the instance and will move the SAN disk over to the failover machine too.

It is a stable and very useful tool supported by an excellent team at DH2i

The ONLY feature that I dislike is when I have built a bad template for install and the install fails. The error message it gives back is not that descript and I need to dig into the filesystem to grab a copy of the summary.txt file to figure out what went wrong.

By far the most helpful is the cost containment. We now run native Microsoft SQL instances in containers and do it at scale. DxEnterprise helps us manage the mobility aspect of SQL containers in a way that allows for host-based maintenance without container interruption. Very similar to VM's and ESX hosts.

Sometimes the interface is a little bit lacking. Hasn't evolved much over the years other than getting more stable.

Find out what is the most important aspect of container management (cost, availability, agility, expandability, etc) and talk to these guys about how the tool can solve your problem. My first problem was solving the cost issue, but if you can't integrate into your backup software properly, it may not cost less overall. When queried, these guys were great about finding other customers with similar issues and connecting us together so that we could learn from someone who already solved it. So please talk to them if you have any questions.

Microsoft licensing cost containment and SQL instance mobility. We realized hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings by implementing DxEnt in the first year alone. Also, the H/A features are key to maintaining 24/7 operations. It is built into our business model now, as SQL runs many of our core applications.