wich OS is better for slq server 2008 R2

• webmaster 51012

  Grasshopper

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  April 26, 2013 at 7:13 am

  #273367

  Iam creating a new windows server in the cloud (Dediserve), this will be a database server and I should use SQL SERVER 2008 R2 standard edition, my question is: what OS I should use to a better sql server performance?

  windows 2008 r2 or windows 2012, both standard eddition.

  Thanks

• Geoff A

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  April 26, 2013 at 8:23 am

  #1610401

  my vote would be for Windows 2008 R2.

  i would only use Windows 2012 Core. The GUI on 2012 is (IMHO) clunky.