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SQL server 2005 Editions

The SQL Server 2005 family includes a number of editions—Express, Workgroup, Standard and Enterprise . Each of these editions comes with a range of features. These include high availability, Scalability to high business Intelligence tools—all aimed at empowering the organization and catering to mission critical information streaming down the levels in accordance with the security and authentication policies defined. The low cost mainstream database gives value and functionality and is a dramatic step forward in reducing application downtime. The following table indicates the scalability and performance parameters of the different editions.



Scalability and Performance

 



 


 


 



 


 


Feature


Express


Workgroup


Standard


Enterprise


Comments


Number of CPUs


1


2


4


No Limit


Includes support for multi-core processors.


RAM


1 gigabyte (GB)


3 GB


Operating system maximum


Operating system maximum


Memory limited to maximum supported by operating system.


64-bit Support


Windows on Windows (WOW)


WOW


Yes


Yes


 



 


 


Database Size


4 GB


No Limit


No Limit


No Limit


 



 


 


Partitioning


 



 


 


 



 


 


 



 


 


Yes


Support for large-scale databases


Parallel Index Operations


 



 


 


 



 


 


 



 


 


Yes


Parallel processing of indexing operations


Indexed Views


 



 


 


 



 


 


 



 


 


Yes


Indexed view creation is supported in all editions. Indexed view matching by the query processor is only supported in Enterprise Edition.



High Availability



 


Feature


Express


Workgroup


Standard


Enterprise


Comments


Database Mirroring1


 



 


 


 



 


 


Yes2


Yes


Advanced high availability solution that includes fast failover and automatic client redirection


Failover Clustering


 



 


 


 



 


 


Yes3


Yes


 



 


 


Backup Log-shipping


 



 


 


Yes


Yes


Yes


Data backup and recovery solution


Online System Changes


Yes


Yes


Yes


Yes


Includes Hot Add Memory, dedicated administrative connection, and other online operations


Online Indexing


 



 


 


 



 


 


 



 


 


Yes


 



 


 


Online Restore


 



 


 


 



 


 


 



 


 


Yes


 



 


 


Fast Recovery


 



 


 


 



 


 


 

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