Performance, functionality & low cost
With increasing innovations, there are lots of good reasons to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2:
- Improved scalability and performance for extremely large amounts of data
- Improved IT and developer efficiency
- Greater access to self-service business intelligence for all types of users
SQL Server 2008 R2 offers rich functionality to support OLTP and BI workloads out-of-the-box at a lower cost of ownership. In addition, the SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, a highly scalable data warehouse appliance-based solution, performance at low cost through a massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture and compatibility with hardware partners – scale your data warehouse from tens and hundreds of terabytes to the petabyte range. The PDW is the right platform for:
- 10s to100s TBs to 1+ PB enabled by MPP architecture
- Advanced data warehousing capabilities like Star Join Queries and Change Data Capture
- Integration with SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS
- Industry standard data warehousing hub and spoke architecture
Parallel Data Warehousing offers hardware choices with industry standard hardware from HP, Dell, Bull, IBM and EMC.
If you are considering upgrading, contacts us to get the most value out of SQL Server 2008 R2.