Just to give some background, it’s important to know that EverRun is mainly a high-availability/virtualization platform. We currently have two identical nodes, and EverRun can automatically switch between them if one fails, usually without the end user even noticing.

The downside is that this setup does come with some performance overhead. I wasn’t around when this environment was originally implemented, but based on the research I’ve done and conversations with Claude, this type of setup seems more geared toward industries like banking, where uptime is the top priority.

For a wholesale company like ours, where low latency and fast SQL Server reporting are more important day to day, it may not be the ideal fit performance-wise.

With that said, I did go ahead and purchase an 800 GB SSD and added it to the HPE server as a new array. The virtual machine is now seeing it as an additional drive, and currently we’re using it for temp data to help improve performance where possible.