Comments on: Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 sooner or later?

By: worker1

worker1 — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:46:59 +0000

The delay of the release has not impacted our organization.
We have no plans to rush right into new versions. Usually wait a few months after release before beginning any testing. Then perform extensive testing before production implementation.

By: stevemalc

stevemalc — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:21:50 +0000

Right now, SQL 2000 is working well for us (we also use Oracle and IBM DB2 Universal) so there is no great rush to move. Additionally, our business processes are highly time-sensitive and we are loathe to put something new into production without a great deal of testing. We’ll probably do some testing to see if there is any impact to our applications in moving to SQL 2005. Once theat’s been dealt with, we’ll still wait for the first service pack to come out before it goes into production. We’ll start with low volume, low impact apps first, then move in more as we gain confidence with the new version.

By: swilliamson

swilliamson — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:17:11 +0000

We just discussed this topic yesterday with our DBA’s. The concensus was that until we had a project or vendor that/who required SQL 2005 that we really couldn’t justify an upgrade. The bottom line is ROI.