Clone production databases into SQL Server instances, Windocks or Docker SQL Server containers with Docker Windows
Install in minutes, clone in seconds
Data clones
- Writeable clones of terabyte databases in seconds
- Use full or differential backups or snapshots as the source
- Use clones in Windocks or Docker SQL Server containers or installed SQL Server instances locally or on the network
- Clone multiple databases with one click to create a complete database environment
Containers
- Windocks clones work inside both Windocks and Microsoft Docker SQL Server containers
- Windocks SQL Server containers are available for SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022 - Express, Developer, Standard, and Enterprise with support for Active Directory authentication.
- Microsoft Docker containers are available for Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2017 - Express and Developer editions only
- Windocks SQL Server containers are small in size (100MB) and take about 30 seconds to run
Management
- Self service web UI to create data environments
- Create and manage data images that comprise of multiple databases
- Setup Windocks containers to work with other data snapshot and copy data solutions such as Netapp
- Setup Windocks clones to be mounted into SQL Server instances and other environments
Security
- Windocks SQL Server containers can be accessed with Windows authentication or per container sa accounts
- Windocks cloning works with encrypted databases and backups
- Ensure data security by running data masking scripts to mask sensitive production data before images are created
- Domain security enables network based database backups and clones to work with Windocks SQL Server containers
Works with existing investments
- Windocks is the first implementation of Docker Inc's open source container project on Windows
- Windocks SQL Server containers work with SAN based database snapshot and copy data solutions. Databases generated by SAN based solutions such as Netapp can be automatically mounted into Windocks SQL Server containers
- Windocks cloning mounts clones into environments such as Microsoft Docker SQL Server containers, SQL Server instances or .Net applications
Containers vs virtual machines
- Windocks runs wherever Windows Server is supported, on the cloud and on premise.
- Windocks containers achieve a 5:1 savings compared with using VMs
- Windocks containers achieve much faster speeds compared to VMs. Containers spin up in 30 seconds even with large terabyte databases
