Partners Click a square below to review data on available solutions by category.Microsoft SQl Server 2008 is scalable, cost-effective, data management software that helps unlock the power of your company’s data assets. Whether you’re offering mission-critical, highly available applications or shared hosting solutions, SQL Server 2008 takes affordability, scalability, manageability, and programmability to a new level. Four Microsoft SQL Server 2008 editions are designed to meet your Web hosting needs: Web, Standard, Enterprise, and Express.
Low total cost of ownership: Competitively priced SQL Server 2008 database software helps increase overall profit margins, publishing tools facilitate faster customer deployment, and tools for Policy-Based Management and performance data collection reduce administration costs. Save even more by installing SQL Server 2008 on a Hyper-V™–based server: Licensing SQL Server 2008 Enterprise to the host partition allows you to use it on all the guests. This way you can divide the licensing costs among all guests.
Highly scalable: With the Web and Enterprise editions, scale your business with unlimited memory support or database size. SQL Server 2008 supports multiple CPUs: 32 CPUs for Enterprise and 4 CPUs for Web.
Highly available: Specifically designed for highly available, Internet-facing, Web-serving environments, SQL Server 2008 has more robust capabilities than previous versions of SQL Server.
Powerful programmability: Specifically designed for highly available, Internet-facing, Web-serving environments, SQL Server 2008 has more robust capabilities than previous versions of SQL Server.
Business intelligence: SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) with built-in business intelligence is included in SQL Server 2008, making it possible to create unique layouts and use the new visualization enhancements to further enrich your reports.
| Feature | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Workgroup | Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum Number of CPUs | OS Maximum | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum Memory | OS Maximum | OS Maximum | OS Maximum | 2GB | 1GB |
| Maximum Database Size | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 4GB |
| Maximum Instances per Server | 50 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| x32 Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| x64 Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamic AWE Management | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Data Compression | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Backup Compression | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hypervisor Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Clustering Support | 16 Nodes | 2 Nodes | --- | --- | --- |
| Database Mirroring | Yes | Synchronous Only | --- | --- | --- |
| Online Page and File Restore | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hot-Add CPU and Memory | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Online Index Operations | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Resource Governor | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C2-Compliant Tracing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SQL Auditing Foundation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fine-Grained Auditing | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Transparent Database Encryption | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Extensible Key Management | Yes | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Policy-Based Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Performance Data Collection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --- |
| SQL Server Agent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | --- |
| SQL Server Integration Services | Yes | Yes | --- | --- | --- |
| SQL Server Analysis Services | Yes | Yes | --- | --- | --- |
| SQL Server Reporting Services | Yes | Yes | Yes (Express) | Yes (Express) | Yes (Express) |
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