Need to get the rough budget for my SQL Infrastructure

  • Please advice what direction I need to go

    I have 6 SQL server s with SQL Standard licensing,

    My servers may be growing to 10 in future

    Which way I need to go?

    How much Budget I need:

  • Thats nowhere near enough information. How long is a piece of string?

    What servers will you buy? What specification? Do you have any licence agreements?

    Once you've done the work to get this sort of information you can probably answer your own question.

  • There are a lot of requirements to meet to be completely up to speed on SQL Server licensing. You really want to start with this guide:

    http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/3/C/73CAD4E0-D0B5-4BE5-AB49-D5B886A5AE00/SQL_Server_2012_Licensing_Reference_Guide.pdf

    there are some useful calculators provided on the licensing page as well:

    http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/how-to-buy.aspx

    your pricing etc... could be entirely different from anyone else's here, so you really want to go through your reseller channel to get a rough price (once you've figured out what it is you need to license).

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    Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?

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