Is there a limit to the number of databases exposed through a virtual server?

I'm looking at porting over 200 databases from 12 different servers into a clustered environment and want to minimize the number of SQL Server installs that need to be performed on the cluster.

Thanks in advance.

The limits for standalone SQL Server holds true for virtual SQL Server.

Databases per instance of SQL Server --> 32,767
Database size --> 1,048,516 TB
Filegroups per database --> 256
Files per database --> 32,767
File size (data) --> 32 TB
File size (log) --> 32 TB

For more information, please refer to

Maximum Capacity Specifications
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ar_ts_8dbn.asp

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Uttam Parui
Microsoft Corporation

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also check out the links below - which document well the potential issues
you may face when consolidating SQL Server .

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...ble/bpdcac.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...olidation.mspx

cheers,
Andy


"poul0004" <poul0004 (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

that need to be performed on the cluster.

also slightly more detailed - more planning orientated

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../sql2kcon.mspx


"poul0004" <poul0004 (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

that need to be performed on the cluster.