Need advice on obtaining an SQL server

The company I work for is looking into purchasing a server and SQL license
to serve database content. We are currently using IIS and Access.
The price was estimated to be $10,000. It seemed a little steep to me, but
our IT guy said that when you buy SQL for web use they charge more than if
you only needed it for use within a company. We are a non-profit government
appointed agency and are not setting this up for sales, just for serving
data to the public free of charge. And only the web server would be
interacting with the SQL server, we are not trying to set up some kind of
tunneling application for people to access the SQL server directly. The web
administrator and web server would be the only two clients.
Does this sound like the correct price for a basic SQL server? The lowest
tier of service should suit us fine, we just want a boost in speed from the
IIS/Access setup and avoid the odd crashes associated it (once every few
months).I can only comment on the SQL Server side:
If you expose data through an app server (which IIS is in this aspect), you need to either buy per
processor license or make sure that every user who uses the app server (your web site) has a SQL
Server Client Access License. I assume that the web server is public, so you need to go per
processor. It is *not* enough to have a CAL for only the app server (read about multiplexing in the
licensing doc).
One thing to consider is SQL Server Express.
Another thing is if MS has some special deal for non-profit organizations. Talk to your MS rep about
this.
Licensing FAQ: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.mspx
To speak to someone regarding licensing:
You can call 1-800-426-9400 (select option 4), Monday through Friday, 6:00
A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (PST) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing
specialist for licensing problem. Worldwide customers can use the Guide to
Worldwide Microsoft Licensing Sites
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/index/worldwide.asp to find contact
information in their locations.
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Matt" <mattmatt32@.notmail.com> wrote in message news:OFO$G%23T5FHA.3384@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The company I work for is looking into purchasing a server and SQL license to serve database
> content. We are currently using IIS and Access.
> The price was estimated to be $10,000. It seemed a little steep to me, but our IT guy said that
> when you buy SQL for web use they charge more than if you only needed it for use within a company.
> We are a non-profit government appointed agency and are not setting this up for sales, just for
> serving data to the public free of charge. And only the web server would be interacting with the
> SQL server, we are not trying to set up some kind of tunneling application for people to access
> the SQL server directly. The web administrator and web server would be the only two clients.
> Does this sound like the correct price for a basic SQL server? The lowest tier of service should
> suit us fine, we just want a boost in speed from the IIS/Access setup and avoid the odd crashes
> associated it (once every few months).
>|||Seems like SQL Express would be ideal for you (and it is free:)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/express/default.aspx
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William Stacey [MVP]
"Matt" <mattmatt32@.notmail.com> wrote in message
news:OFO$G%23T5FHA.3384@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The company I work for is looking into purchasing a server and SQL license
> to serve database content. We are currently using IIS and Access.
> The price was estimated to be $10,000. It seemed a little steep to me, but
> our IT guy said that when you buy SQL for web use they charge more than if
> you only needed it for use within a company. We are a non-profit
> government appointed agency and are not setting this up for sales, just
> for serving data to the public free of charge. And only the web server
> would be interacting with the SQL server, we are not trying to set up some
> kind of tunneling application for people to access the SQL server
> directly. The web administrator and web server would be the only two
> clients.
> Does this sound like the correct price for a basic SQL server? The lowest
> tier of service should suit us fine, we just want a boost in speed from
> the IIS/Access setup and avoid the odd crashes associated it (once every
> few months).
>