installation of sql server 2008 need URGENT help

  • Hii Guys,

    I have two questions

    1.What is the difference betn, installing sql server 2008 enterprise edition on Windows server 2003 and windows server 2008?

    2.Will there be any issues if i install sql server 2008 ent. edition on Windows server 2003?

    any body is using this on live environment?

    Kindly reply with all details u know about this?

    Sanket Ahir
    Don't run behind the success, Try to be eligible & success will run behind u......

  • It is not a question of issue installing it on a win2k3 box instead of a win2k8 box. It is a question of features. If you are in a cluster environment, there's some more feature in win2k8 to support clusters that win2k3 does not have.

  • SQL 2008 will run on windows server 2003 with no problems that I am aware of. I tested sql 2008 on windows 2003, but in Production I run windows 2008 sql 2008.

    [font="Tahoma"]John Burris:hehe:
    MCITP Database Administrator[/font]

  • Forgot to add, here's the list of supported OS:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx

    You need SP2 minimum to run it on win2k3 if you plan to go that path

  • hi Megistal

    can u tell me those features?

    Sanket Ahir
    Don't run behind the success, Try to be eligible & success will run behind u......

  • I do not recall everything but I do remember that there was a new cluster system (using votes from each nodes).

    More node support (up to 16)

    New quorum model

    Table disks less error prone (redundant header entries)

    Things like that

  • sanketahir1985 (8/14/2009)


    Hii Guys,

    I have two questions

    1.What is the difference betn, installing sql server 2008 enterprise edition on Windows server 2003 and windows server 2008?

    2.Will there be any issues if i install sql server 2008 ent. edition on Windows server 2003?

    any body is using this on live environment?

    Kindly reply with all details u know about this?

    1. a-One of the biggest items I enjoyed moving to windows server 2008 is the network stack upgrade on this OS...but that is because I do backups to a data domain device

    b- Clustering on windows server 2008 is an amazing upgrade version windows 2003.

    2. No Issues at all.

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