Why not just host the dbs in the Cloud? Microsoft Azure is ready for db consumption and is Microsoft's preferred app to migrate. Save money on hardware, software, management, etc.
-----Original Message----- From: don....@gmail.com [mailto:don....@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Whining... Go look at what Oracle costs and then you can complain... ;) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Matthew W. Ross" <mr...@ephrataschools.org> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:01:43 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: RE: Whining... .... and this is why I wonder why people don't develop for alternative SQL solutions ... (MySQL anyone?) But, I am not a programmer. Nor do I know or understand the real differences between different flavors of SQL servers. To me, a database is a database. Data goes in, and you pull data out. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:46:01 -0700 Subject: RE: Whining... > Here ya on this one... we are looking to update our DB servers > (hardware and > software) > > - hardware - roughly $12,000 for two new servers > - software - SQL 2008 R2 enterprise - roughly $27,000 per processor > (we need unlimited CALs for our clients) x 4 processors in the new > servers = boss and ceo that pucker > > I just work here. > >_____________________________ > Cameron Cooper > Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | >www.aurico.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:33 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Whining... > > Have you thought about looking at a plan other than buying retail? > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > br...@briandesmond.com > > c – 312.731.3132 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:15 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT: Whining... > > We got a quote last week from Provantage for a single-proc license > version of SQL Server 2008. > > I put in the PR on Tuesday, my purchasing person gets the PO to > Provantage yesterday, and they kick it back today saying it's not available > anymore. > > They're only selling R2, which, for this version, is $2000.00 more. > > Ouch. > > Worse, we're not under any kind of Open License agreement at the > moment, nor an EA, so we're buying box retail. > > We're checking with another vendor to see if they have it in stock. > > They probably don't, so I'll have to go to our COO to ask him to pony > up for the new version, and I'm sure he's not going to be happy. > > Sigh. > > Just venting. > > Don't mind me... > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~