Griffster (10/22/2013)

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TheSQLGuru (10/22/2013)

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Griffster (10/22/2013)

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Yes, we will be buying the Enterprise Edition. Looks like it would be worthwhile then so long as it's not too long a wait. If the release will be in Q2 or later in 2014 it may be too far away. We wanted to go for Enterprise Edition mainly for the Always On functionality which is a key driver for getting the procurement through.

Be careful with AGs and SharePoint. The replay gets a SINGLE THREAD on each end per database and can be a bottleneck. The best you can hope for is 50MB per second and even that is not achievable on many systems. SP and it's huge blobs can be an issue when it comes to mirroring throughput. Be sure to test at scale before you roll out, and don't be disappointed if things don't work as you desire.

Sorry Kevin, what did you mean by AGs here? Is it something to do with the Always On functionality?