Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard

SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard delivers a complete data management and business intelligence platform for your organization to run applications. It provides effective database management using minimal IT resources. It supports up to four processors, up to 64 GB of RAM, one virtual machine, and two failover clustering nodes. With SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard, your organization can:
- Provide small- to medium-scale online transaction processing (OLTP) applications
- Increase data protection with online system changes, log shipping, database mirroring, automatic corruption recovery by using mirrored data, log-stream compression, failover clustering, and backup compression
- Optimize performance of all applications
- Simplify the installation, monitoring, and management of data recovery Gain efficiencies and maximize return in investment (ROI) through improved business insights
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 on the OpSource Cloud
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Priced Software is bundled with the Windows Server 2008 R2 OS image and is priced at $0.66 per hour per server. This price includes both SQL Server and Windows Server. Learn more about Pricing.
Important features and benefits of the Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 data management platform include:
Back Up & Recovery:
- Ensure data availability with reliable redundancy and fast recovery
- Database mirroring keeps applications running by providing a hot standby server that supports rapid failover with no loss of data.
- Data Compression and Backup Compression features reduce data storage costs and help to ensure optimal performance for your mission-critical applications.
Performance and Scalability:
- Enterprise level scalability with up to 256 processors
- Optimizes performance and reduce costs for real-world database workloads with high scale complex event processing
- Data consistency across diversified systems
- Troubleshoot, tune, and monitor application performance with Performance Studio.
IT Efficiency:
- Multi-Server and Instance management for improved time, cost and resource savings
- Supports live migrations for active workloads across VMs with no down time impact
- Increase DBA productivity with new resource management tools and capabilities
Development Productivity:
- Accelerate application lifecycle activity with streamlined management, rapid development, and predictable deployment
More information:
Microsoft SQL Server Website



