Microsoft readies 'premium' database packages
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft is adding two new, high-end editions to its SQL Server 2008 Release 2, or R2, line of database products, with features that include support for up to 256 processors.
Meanwhile, Microsoft executives also announced that the next community technology preview of the core product -- SQL Server 2008 R2 -- will begin this month. The previous CTP shipped in August.
The two new premium packages meant for high-end, mission critical processing scenarios are dubbed SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse, and they are meant for industrial strength datacenter and data warehousing applications.