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Oscar Gonzalez
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 Posted - 2008-09-26 : 07:03:39
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| Hello!First time poster and hoping you can help me with some doubts.My company sells an application that administers it's database by SQL Server 2005 Express and as such, the application demands that SQL be installed in the costumers computer or net.The big doubt is that we have a proposal to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 from our software company, but we have the fear that the requirements of 2008 will give us a lot of headaches (the computers that usually get the application installed are anything but top technology and we have already had problems because of this...) and also if it's new features will be helpful or not. Comparing requirements, the big clincher, apart from hardware technology requirements, is double the minimum processing speed, and when you are installing on XP computers with 256 MB of RAM that are 10 years old, every thing that makes it easier counts.At the moment, the biggest interest for us from 2008 is the possibility of not being limited to 4GB of database size and that it's faster during the treatment of information, but as for the rest, it doesn't really seem that necessary to me, the client will use it as a closed database, so it's not like they can use any of it's functions and the development team already has everything made with a 2005 base.We also have the interest of making a content manager so that we can add new content and alter it without depending on the software company for changes, so I don't know either if SQL 2005 is a solid base for this or if it will make it easier to go to 2008.Any suggestions and comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading. |
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Oscar Gonzalez
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Posted - 2008-10-02 : 03:25:57
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| I would appreciate it a lot if people stopped reading and added something to the conversation, 101 reads and 0 answers is quite irritating. |
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elancaster
A very urgent SQL Yakette
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Posted - 2008-10-02 : 03:35:12
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| i think the problem is we don't really know what you're asking? do you want our opinions on whether or not to go to 2008? it sounds as though you have already investigated the pro's and con's of such a move, the business decision of whether of not it's right for you is not for us to comment on.personally speaking... i like 2008 :-) but i don't think i'd be upgrading clients for a while yet, and not until the development work was planned for 2008 also.Em |
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