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CHAPTER 1: THE CASE FOR CONSOLIDATION

CHAPTER 2: PLANNING YOUR CONSOLIDATION

Chapter 2: Planning your consolidation


Learn how to map out your SQL Server consolidation. SQL Server MVP Hilary Cotter organizes the process into six steps: creating a methodology, analyzing candidate servers and databases, testing, deploying, monitoring and stabilizing, and finally repeating the process for the next phase of consolidation. He also identifies key considerations for consolidating on 32-bit vs. 64-bit platforms and on single vs. multiple-instances of SQL Server.


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Weed out poor candidates for database consolidation
SearchSQLServer.com | 14 Jun 2006
TIP - You must identify SQL Server dependencies that make a database a poor candidate for consolidation prior to beginning the project. Excerpted from Chapter 2 of the original expert e-book, "Consolidate SQL Servers for...

Step-by-Step Guide: How to consolidate SQL Servers
SearchSQLServer.com | 27 Jun 2006
GENERIC - Simplify your SQL Server consolidation process with this step-by-step guide, excerpted from Chapter 2, 'Planning your SQL Server consolidation,' of our...

Chapter 2: Planning your SQL Server consolidation
SearchSQLServer.com | 28 Jun 2006
GENERIC - This SearchSQLServer.com expert e-book, "Consolidate SQL Servers for availability, scalability and cost savings" by SQL Server MVP Hilary Cotter, will introduce you to the worlds of server and storage consolidation. In...


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