Writers: Sung Hsueh, Antony Zhong, Madhan Arumugam

Technical Reviewers: Claude Lorenson, Clifford Dibble, Lindsey Allen, Sambit Samal, Sethu Kalavakur, Prem Mehra, Sameer Tejani, Il-Sung Lee, Jack Richins, Brian Dewey, Mathew John, Jamie Reding, Jonathan Morrison, Omri Bahat, S Muralidhar, Haydn Richardson

Editor: Beth Inghram

Published: November 2009

Applies to: SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2

Summary: The goal of this white paper is to provide a framework for choosing among virtualization, multi-database, and multi-instance consolidation strategies for SQL Server Database Engine OLTP applications by highlighting some of the key decision points based on technical analysis. Some foundational topics and terminology will be included to provide the basis for the discussion, because some terms or strategies might be worded differently in other papers.

 The entire paper can be found at: SQL Server Consolidation Guidance