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SQL 2005 standard edition and max. DB instances?

  • September 26, 2008 at 7:24 am

    #198647

    What is the maximum DB instances possible for SQL 2005 standard edition ?

    We are planning to run OS= Windows server 2003 64 bit R2 standard edition with max 32GB RAM installed.

    regards

    Ken

  • September 26, 2008 at 7:57 am

    #877702

    found this specific citation; 2005 and 2008 have the same maxes for this

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143432.aspx

    SQL Server Database Engine object Databases per instance of SQL Server

    Maximum sizes/numbers SQL Server (32-bit) 32,767

    Maximum sizes/numbers SQL Server (64-bit) 32,767

    Lowell

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  • September 29, 2008 at 12:52 am

    #878269

    Standard Edition can have up to 16 instances per computer, Enterprise Edition can have up to 50.

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