SQL Server 2008 SKUs Overview
SQL Server 2008 offers various SKUs catering to different business needs, from Enterprise Edition for large-scale critical applications to Standard Edition for departmental usage. Each SKU comes with its set of features, pricing, and positioning in the market. The Enterprise Edition provides high scalability, security, and availability, while the Standard Edition focuses on ease of use and manageability. The SKUs are designed for diverse scenarios including OLTP, reporting, analytics, data warehousing, and server consolidation. Explore the differentiating features and understand how each SKU fits specific business requirements.
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SQL Server 2008 SKUs Enterprise Edition Standard Edition SKUs Core Business Critical, Large Scale Departmental, Small/Med Scale $24k/Proc $9k/Svr + $160/CAL $6k/Proc $1k/Svr + $160/CAL Developer Workgroup Express Compact Specialized Dev &Test FREE**or $50 Retail Dev only license Branch, Small Scale $4k/Proc $740/Svr+5CALs Entry-Level, Learning FREE* Client Embedded FREE* SKUs Evaluation Trial FREE 180 day trial -All prices are Open rounded up -Workgroup ~$140/CAL *Require a CAL to connect to paid SKUs **Free download with MSDN subscription 2
Core SKU Differentiating Features Enterprise Edition Standard Edition Number of CPUs OS Maximum 4 Partitioning (table & index) Parallel Index Operations Scalable Shared Databases Scalability & Performance No Memory or DB Size Limits 16-node Failover Clustering Full DB Mirroring Online Operations Resource Governor Backup Compression Hot-Add Memory & CPU support 2-node Failover Clustering Single thread DB Mirroring Backup Log-shipping High Availability (Always On) Transparent Data Encryption Advanced 3rd Party Key Management Security Auditing Common Criteria Compliance Data Encryption & Key Management Authentication & Authorization C2 Compliant Tracing Enterprise Security Data Compression Query Optimizations Change Data Capture (CDC) Scalable Data-marts & Reporting VARDECIMAL Storage Format Data Warehousing Advanced Analytic Functions Advanced DM Algorithms Scale-out operational report config. Data-driven report subscriptions Advanced Business Intelligence Enterprise Manageability Auto Server Group Management 3
Core SKU Positioning and Differentiation Enterprise Edition Standard Edition A comprehensive data management and business intelligence platform providing enterprise class scalability, high availability and security for running business critical applications A complete data management and business intelligence platform providing best in class ease of use and manageability for running departmental applications Usage Scenarios Usage Scenarios -Business critical -Large scale OLTP -Large scale reporting -Advanced analytics -Data warehousing -Server consolidation -Departmental -Small to medium scale OLTP -Reporting and analytics 4
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Royalty Licensing Program Pom eme v m prod vat va e softwarov e en Produkt Full use (euro) Runtime (euro) BizTalk Standard 5 877 535 SQL 2008 Standard 805 53 SQL 2008 Standard Cal 147 64 SQL 2008 Standard procesor 5 220 1 882 PerformancePoint Server 13 832 x PerformancePoint CAL 135 x ProClarity Analytics DesktopPro 132 x
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