What is a SQL instance?
MSDE (Microsoft Database Engine) MSDE Workload Governor When to upgrade from MSDE to SQL Server SQL licensing basics Differences between SQL Server 2000 Standard and Enterprise Editions What is a SQL instance? An instance is a unique installation of SQL. Each instance has four system databases that are automatically created (master, model, tempdb, and msdb). Each Prism Channel creates its own database within the instance. Each instance operates as a service (sqlsver.exe) that is separate from Prism Deploy’s services. Up to 16 instances of either Microsoft Database Engine (MSDE) or SQL Server 2000 can be running at the same time on the same computer. Each instance is installed, started, stopped, configured, and patched independently of the other instances. Each instance can contain 32,767 databases. Multiple SQL instances are used by organizations that have several applications running on a SQL, but want them to run in isolation so that any problem in one instance will not affect the ot
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