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Performance and Scale

Predictable performance and real-world scalability

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 provides a comprehensive data platform that can grow with your business. SQL Server 2008 is packed with technologies to scale-up individual servers and scale-out very large databases, and tools to optimize performance.
  • Performance

    Leverage the high performance of SQL Server 2008 to meet the high demands of your database applications and IT infrastructure.

  • Scale Up

    Take advantage of the latest advancements delivered with SQL Server 2008 in hardware technology to grow with your business.

  • Scale Out

    Support very large database systems by leveraging SQL Server 2008 scale-out technologies to distribute its load and data efficiently.

Top New Features

  • Take control of resource allocation with Resource Governor.

  • Troubleshoot, tune, and monitor SQL Server 2008 instances across the enterprise with Performance Data Collector.

  • Build high-performance analysis solutions with scalability and performance enhancements in SQL Server Analysis Services. Watch the short demo.

  • Take advantage of on-demand processing and better performance with the re-engineered reporting engine for SQL Server Reporting Services. Watch the short demo.

  • Increase extract, transform, and load (ETL) performance in SQL Server Integration Services with scalable lookup tasks.

Highlighted Capability

Resource Governor

Resource Governor

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Compare all features supported by the SQL Server 2008 editions.