Hi Friends,

SQL Server has seen terrific growth of its use and adaption over the years. From a simple DBMS product in 90s, it has gone all the way to become a prominent player in the RDBMS & BI space – the product offers a true scalable, extensible & reliable database engine & a very comprehensive BI platform. The wide-scale use of SQL Server, in large enterprises as well as small ones, has led to ‘more-than-required’ deployments of the product, causing headaches for DBAs to manage ‘so many’ instances on ‘so many’ boxes clubbed with virtualization & different editions of the product. Its time to undo. The un-planned & un-controlled installations have become unmanageable. So what’s the solution? Answer: CONSOLIDATION.

Do spend some time in reading more about SQL Server consolidation from this popular links:

http://searchsqlserver.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1166035979_603.html

http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1320

http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/95461/sql_server_95461.html

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Availability/serverconsolidation/2330/