Can I run SQL 2008 and SQL 2012 on the same server?

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Generally yes. Your services on 2008 R2 will continue running normally unless you manually make some changes. Only impact that sql 2012 can have is if you plan to run some performance intensive operations but nothing else apart from that. 5 июн. 2013 г.

Can you run two versions of SQL Server on the same server?

Yes, we can use multiple instance of SQL Server of same machine/server. All instances of the database engine other than the default instance are identified by an instance name specified during installation of the instance.

Can SQL Server 2008 run on Windows Server 2012?

Unless noted in the following table, all features of Windows Server 2012 are supported in all the supported versions of SQL server. SQL Server 2008 R2 requires Service Pack 2 on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

What is the difference between 2008 and 2012 SQL Server?

SQL Server 2008 is slow compared to SQL Server 2012. Buffer rate is less because there is no data redundancy in SQL Server 2008. Spatial features are not supported more in SQL Server 2008 R2. Instead a traditional way for geographical elements have been set in SQL Server 2008.

Can a database server have multiple databases?

Database consolidation is the process of centralizing multiple databases and instances in order to share resources and thus, among other, cut licensing and hardware costs. There are three types of consolidation: Host multiple databases on a single SQL Server instance.

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