Thisdatasheetisforinformationalpurposesonly.MICROSOFTMAKESNOWARRANTIES,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,INTHISSUMMARY.0308PartNo.098-00000(color)PartNo.098-00000(blackandwhite)VirtualizationSQLServer2008R2VirtualizationUsevirtualizationtoreducecost,increasebusinesscontinuity,andcreateanagiledatabaseinfrastructurehttp://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/virtualization.aspxHYPERLINK"http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/server-consolidation.aspx"TopBenefitsConsolidatephysicalserverstoreducehardware,software,andoperationalcostsChooseahigh-availabilitystrategythatmeetsyourneedsReduceplanneddowntimeEnablesimplerandfasterdeploymentScaledynamicallywiththeneedsofthebusinessCONSOLIDATESERVERSConsolidatewithWindowsServer®2008R2Hyper-V™andMicrosoft®SQLServer®2008R2tosignificantlyhelpreducecapitalandoperationalcosts.ReduceserverhardwareinvestmentcostsReducethenumberofphysicalserversinyourorganizationbyusingvirtualization.Fewerserversmeansreducedcostswhenyouneedtorefreshyourhardware,especiallyifyoustandardizeonacommonserverbuildtobenefitfrombulkpricingfromyourpreferredhardwarevendor.UsingHyper-V,youcanhostmultiplevirtualdatabaseserversonthesamephysicalcomputerwhilemaintainingfullisolationattheoperatingsystemlevel.Thisenablesyoutomanagetheperformance,security,manageability,andbusinesscontinuityofeachvirtualapplicationserverindependently.Italsogivesyoutheflexibilitytorunmultipleoperatingsystemsonthesamehardwarewhererequiredbyspecificapplications.ReducesoftwarecostsUsetheHyper-VvirtualizationplatformbuiltintoWindowsServer2008R2—eliminatingtheneedtopurchaseseparatevirtualizationsoftware.Then,reducesoftwarecostsevenfurtherbytakingadvantageofpremiumeditionlicensingthatallowsyoutopurchaseonlyoneSQLServerlicenseperprocessor,nomatterhowmanyinstancesareinstalledinvirtualmachines(VMs)onthehostserver.Youcanevenusethesamelicensewhenconvertingaphysicaldatabaseservertoavirtualdatabaseserver,andwhenmovingSQLServerinstancesfromonevirtualmachinetoanother.Reduceoper