Pop Quiz: What Do These Things Cost?
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The Price is Right Arrange this list of things in order based on how much they cost: SQL Server Standard Ed. licensing for four cores SQL Server Enterprise Ed. licensing for one core One typical day of employee time One week of a team’s time (4 people) 64GB of memory 256GB of memory A mirrored pair of 1TB SSDs Without searching the web for prices, put those items in order. Do it on a scratch piece of paper – first estimate how much you think each one costs, then put them in order. How does this impact the way you do performance tuning, and…
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