Amazon EC2, when combined with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), offers a robust platform for hosting applications that rely on Microsoft SQL Server. This pairing allows you to harness the cost efficiency, scalability, and flexibility of Amazon EC2, along with the trusted reliability of RHEL. Moreover, it comes with premium support from AWS, backed by assistance from both Red Hat and Microsoft. Notably, SQL Server operates seamlessly on both RHEL and Windows Server through a technology called SQLPAL.
Running SQL Server on Amazon EC2 instances with RHEL also seamlessly integrates with other AWS features, such as Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) for storage, Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring, Elastic Load Balancing for distributing workloads, and Elastic IPs for static IP addressing. This combination provides a comprehensive solution for deploying and managing SQL Server-based applications in the cloud.
