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| 871857 | 2010-04-01 21:40:00 | I want to install SQL server on my home PC... is there any reason I shouldn't install full SQL server on it? Or would it be better to install SQL Express? I know SQL express would be fine for what I want to do, its just I have full SQL sitting here that I can install, or I'd have to download SQL Express and I won't if I don't need to :D Will having SQL Server running hog my cpu? Would Express be any better? Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 871858 | 2010-04-01 21:48:00 | Go for it :D. Regarding ram / cpu hogging, that depends entirely on what you're using it for. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 871859 | 2010-04-01 21:55:00 | In my experience it's better to install it into a virtual machine or similar - when I installed it on my PC a number of years ago, it appeared to slow things down a lot (particular boot times) as the SQL Server services would attempt to start up. | somebody (208) | ||
| 871860 | 2010-04-01 23:38:00 | Unless you need all the additional tools with full version SQL Server, Express should be more than sufficient. Are you just using it for development? |
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| 871861 | 2010-04-02 02:10:00 | Unless you need all the additional tools with full version SQL Server, Express should be more than sufficient. Are you just using it for development?I know Express will be sufficient. I was asking whether others thought full SQL Server would hog too many resources to be worth it, and whether I should download Express instead. I have installed SQL server now and everything seems to be going fine :) Mike. |
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