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Difference between SQL Server 2008 Express R2 and SQL Server 2008 Enterprise R2 version

What are differences between SQL Server 2008 Express R2 and SQL Server 2008 Enterprise R2 version? Actually I want to know all exact limitations in Express version which are not in Enterprise version. Like Max DB file size etc

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Riz Avatar asked Sep 19 '11 15:09

Riz


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Check out the SQL Server Editions Comparison which lists in great detail what the limitations of each edition are.

The most relevant limitations of the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express edition are:

  • uses only 1 CPU
  • can use max of 1 GB of RAM
  • is limited to 10 GB of database size
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marc_s Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 22:09

marc_s


Actually I want to know all exact limitations in Express

there are way to many differences between the free Express version and the Enterprise version, so just go to this Microsoft SQL Server Compare Editions tool.

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KM. Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 22:09

KM.