Well, so much for those questions... Go with a SQL VM instance. You'll get no concessions from that vendor, or in that industry.
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Oct 20, 2010 11:04 AM, "James Kerr" <cluster...@gmail.com> wrote: > The vendor in question is Sage, and the software has already been purchased. > We are implementing Sage Intergy for medical practice management and EHR. > The report software is for practice analytics but I don't understand why the > heck it would need a separate server when we already have a perfectly good > server running SQL which is hardly under any duress at all running our > dental practice software. > > James > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Scott" <mailvor...@gmail.com> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: Quick SQL Question > > >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:34 AM, James Kerr <cluster...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> "it requires the default >>> SQL instance to work and should not run on a server with another named >>> instance of SQL" >> >> Translation: Our programmers are incompetent and our code is a mess. >> We don't know how to fix it, and we wouldn't dare to try and change >> it even if we did. >> >> Do you really want to buy software from a vendor like that? >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin