Windows Datacenter Server: Scalability Overview
ENT News | at | by Mike
Few customers seem to be taking advantage of the scalability of Windows Datacenter Server, thus far, as a major database platform. Microsoft itself is the only recent case study on the vendor's homepage that is using Datacenter for pure single-system scalability. Nonetheless, benchmarks indicate the operating system is strong in the scalability area on paper and in the lab.
A consultant at Avanade, Microsoft's joint consulting venture with Accenture, says privately that in many cases Datacenter's benchmark numbers earn Microsoft a foot in the door on enterprise contracts that it otherwise wouldn't be considered for. Once inside, Microsoft shows customers their requirements can be met with more standard, and lower cost, hardware and software. In any case, Microsoft has progressed right up the scalability ladder since launching Datacenter Server in September 2000.