Home Forums SQL Server 2012 SQL 2012 - General What is the performance point at which it makes sense to get Enterprise instead of Standard RE: What is the performance point at which it makes sense to get Enterprise instead of Standard

  • Mostly it's about features, but it is also about upgrade paths. If you go with standard and later decide that is not enough you can upgrade to enterprise edition in-place. If you go enterprise and decide it's more than you need you can't 'downgrade' the license - you need to do a reinstall.

    Unless you are looking at specific enterprise features I'd suggest to go with standard edition.