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Advantages of MS SQL Server 2008 over MS SQL Server 2005<br />
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Advantages of MS SQL Server 2008 over MS SQL Server 2005
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/198478/advantages-of-ms-sql-server-2008-over-ms-sql-server-2005 [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/198478/advantages-of-ms-sql-server-2008-over-ms-sql-server-2005]


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I would like to know if there is hardware recommendation for running SQL Server 2005 or 2008. &nbsp;I have a C# .net windows form application that access data from a SQL Server database server. &nbsp;There can be up to 50 users access data from SQL Server. &nbsp;<br />
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For optimal performance, what would be the best server recommendation and cost? 
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I would like to know if there is hardware recommendation for running SQL Server 2005 or 2008.  I have a C# .net windows form application that access data from a SQL Server database server.  There can be up to 50 users access data from SQL Server.  

For optimal performance, what would be the best server recommendation and cost? 

SQL Server 2005 or 2008 hardware recommendation

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.