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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, DVD, DE Datasheet
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Editions Overview
What’s New provides the highest levels of
SQL Server 2008 R2 introduces two new premium editions to continue to deliver on the growing demands of large scale datacenters and data warehouses and advanced BI customers.
SQL Server 2008 R2
Datacenter scalability for large application workloads, virtualization and consolidation, and management for an organization’s database infrastructure. Datacenter helps enable organizations to cost effectively scale their mission-critical environment.
Key features new to Datacenter:
SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel
Data Warehouse
Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2
Application and Multi-Server
Management enrolling, gaining insights and managing over 25 instances
SQL Server 2008 delivered a trusted, productive, and intelligent data platform with the fewest vulnerabilities*, innovative manageability, and built-in enterprise reporting and analytics.
Highest virtualization support for maximum ROI on consolidation and virtualization
High-scale complex event processing with StreamInsight
Built on the strong foundation and proven capabilities of SQL Server
2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 delivers higher mission-critical scale, more efficient IT, and self-service business intelligence.
Supports more than 8 processors and up to 256 logical processors for highest levels of scale
Supports memory limits up to OS maximum
Parallel Data Warehouse
With SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft continues to be the value leader, offering rich functionality to support
OLTP and BI workloads out of the box at a low cost of ownership relative to competitors. With increasing hardware innovations,
Microsoft continues to be the only major database vendor who does not price per core for multi-core processors.
SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data
Warehouse is a highly scalable data warehouse appliance-based solution. Parallel Data Warehouse delivers performance at low cost through a massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and compatibility with hardware partners
– scale your data warehouse from tens and hundreds of terabytes to the petabyte range.
New Premium Editions
To meet the needs of large scale datacenters and data warehouses,
SQL Server 2008 R2 introduces two new premium editions.
Datacenter
Built on SQL Server 2008 R2
Enterprise, SQL Server 2008 R2
Datacenter is designed to deliver a high-performing data platform that
10s to100s TBs to 1+ PB enabled by MPP architecture
Advanced data warehousing capabilities like Star Join Queries and Change Data Capture
Integration with SSIS, SSRS, and
SSAS
Supports an industry standard data warehousing hub and spoke architecture
Parallel Data Warehousing offers hardware choices with industry standard hardware from HP, Dell,
Bull, IBM and EMC.
SQL Server 2008 R2 Core
Editions
The R2 release offers expanded functionality across the most popular editions, Enterprise and
Standard.
Enterprise
SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise delivers a comprehensive data platform that provides built-in security, availability, and scale coupled with robust business intelligence offerings —helping enable the highest service levels for mission-critical workloads.
The following capabilities are new to
Enterprise:
Application and Multi-Server
Management for enrolling, gaining insights and managing up to 25 instances
Complex event processing with basic StreamInsight support
Master Data Services for data consistency across heterogeneous systems
PowerPivot for SharePoint collaboration
Data Compression now enabled with UCS-2 Unicode support
Standard
SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard delivers a complete data management and business intelligence platform for departments and small organizations to run their applications —helping enable effective database management with minimal IT resources.
The following capabilities are new to
Standard:
*Source: nist.gov
Complex event processing with basic StreamInsight support
Backup Compression to reduce data backups by up to 60% and help reduce time spent on backups*
Can be managed instance for
Application and Multi-Server
Management capabilities
SQL Server 2008 R2 Specialized and Breadth Editions
SQL Server 2008 R2 continues to deliver both specialized and broadreaching editions to meet customers ’ unique needs.
SQL Azure
A cloud-based relational database service built on SQL Server technologies, SQL Azure provides a
Microsoft hosted highly available, scalable, multi-tenant database service. Integration points with SQL
Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio
2010 offer the ultimate in deployment flexibility.
Web
Designed specifically for service providers and organizations that host Web sites and Web applications, Web edition offers an optimal balance of scalability and manageability at an affordable price. With no restrictions on database size, premium features, and a low monthly price**, Web edition is the ideal platform for those developing and deploying publicfacing internet applications.
Workgroup
SQL Server 2008 R2 Workgroup is a reliable data management and reporting platform that helps deliver highly secure, remote synchronization and management capabilities for running branch applications.
Developer
SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer enables developers to build and test applications that run on SQL Server on 32-bit, ia64, and x64 platforms.
SQL Server 2008 R2 Core Editions by Scenario
Developer includes all of the functionality of Datacenter but is licensed only for development, test, and demo use.
Express - FREE
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Express is a free edition of SQL
Server that is ideal for learning, for developing and powering desktop, web and small server applications, and for redistribution by ISVs.
Express is interoperable with
Microsoft developer tools such as
Microsoft Visual Studio® and Visual
Web Developer Express, making it easy to work with data at every stage of the development process.
Compact - FREE
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Compact is a free SQL Server embedded database ideal for building standalone and occasionally connected applications for mobile devices, desktops, and
Web clients.
Scenario
Custom/
Packaged
OLTP Apps
Server
Consolidation
Data
Warehousing
Business
Intelligence
Standard
4 procs,
64GB RAM,
Backup
Compression
1 VM
N/A
Dept/Team BI
Enterprise Datacenter
Parallel Data
Warehouse
8 procs, 2TB RAM, >8 procs, OS Maximum,
Adv. Security, Adv. Security,
Backup Compression Backup Compression
4 VMs,
Resource Governor
App & Multi-Server Mgmt
(up to 25 instances)
Scale-up DW,
Data Compression
10s of TBs,
Up to 30TB w/ Fast Track
Enterprise-scale BI,
Master Data Services,
PowerPivot for SharePoint
Maximum Virtualization,
Resource Governor,
N/A
App & Multi-Server Management
(>25 instances)
Scale-up DW,
Data Compression
10s of TBs
Very Large-Scale BI,
Master Data Services, PowerPivot for SharePoint
N/A
Scale-out DW
10s to 100sTBs to 1+ PB
Integrated w/
SSIS, SSRS,
SSAS
*Source: TechNet **Through the Service Provider License Agreement program
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This content was developed prior to the product’s release to manufacturing, and as such, we cannot guarantee that all details included herein will be exactly as what is found in the shipping product.
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