{"id":866,"date":"2009-05-10T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Weekly-survey-what-architecture-do-you-buy-And-which-SQL-Server-edition.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:53:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:53:51","slug":"weekly-survey-what-architecture-do-you-buy-and-which-sql-server-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/weekly-survey-what-architecture-do-you-buy-and-which-sql-server-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly survey: what architecture do you buy? And which SQL Server edition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">This week&#39;s survey is another two-parter, part 1 of which suggested by <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straightpathsql.com\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Mike Walsh<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> on <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulRandal\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Twitter<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\">:<\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\"> <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">When you buy new servers, what archictecture do you predominantly buy, and why?<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">When you buy new servers, which Edition of SQL Server do you predominantly buy, and why?<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<font size=\"2\">I know the surveys below don&#39;t have a &#39;whatever suits the project&#39; (thanks Dave Dustin), if that&#39;s the high-order bit for you, please use the Other option and I&#39;ll collate those results manually.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">I&#39;ll report on the result some time over the weekend of 5\/16\/09. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\"><br \/>\n<script>\nem24_survey_x = \"66f7952d-807d-43df-8b29-a089e41fae19\";\nem24_survey_width = \"255\";\nem24_survey_height = \"328\";\nem24_styles = \".em24_s {border:solid 1px #626A84; width:250px;} .em24_s td {font-size:12px;} .em24_q {background:#798BC6; color:#ffffff;} .em24_ai0, .em24_at0 {background:#E7F3FF; border-top:1px solid #B3C7D9;} .em24_ai1, .em24_at1 {background:#E3F7DE; border-top:1px solid #B3C7D9;} .em24_v {background:#798BC6}\";<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/my.surveypopups.com\/show\/si.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script>\nem24_survey_x = \"78905e15-a80d-4697-83e5-ffb2d26e0ee2\";\nem24_survey_width = \"255\";\nem24_survey_height = \"378\";\nem24_styles = \".em24_s {border:solid 1px #626A84; width:250px;} .em24_s td {font-size:12px;} .em24_q {background:#798BC6; color:#ffffff;} .em24_ai0, .em24_at0 {background:#E7F3FF; border-top:1px solid #B3C7D9;} .em24_ai1, .em24_at1 {background:#E3F7DE; border-top:1px solid #B3C7D9;} .em24_v {background:#798BC6}\";<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/my.surveypopups.com\/show\/si.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">As always, a big Thanks! for contributing to the blog by responding. 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