Why Choose MS SQL Server of MySQL

As companies look to bring down costs associated with their IT systems and applications, a lot of them are looking to use free and open source solutions wherever possible. This trend also extends to databases and the open source MySQL database already has a phenomenal presence across small businesses and is even making its way into the enterprise vertical. However opting for the MySQL database is hardly an easy choice and the Microsoft SQL Server is at times a much better proposition. In this article we would look at some of key points which makes the Microsoft product a more viable option for businesses.

With Microsoft SQL Server you get a more reliable database

While the MySQL database is relatively faster than the Microsoft product, when it comes to reliability the SQL Server win hands down. Its way more stable and meets ACID norms. It is at par with any enterprise level database application and it ensures that custom components at no point of time can affect the stability of the system. Under benchmark tests, SQL Server has always stood in positive light as compared to its peers. 

SQL Server is feature rich

The enterprise edition of latest SQL Server iteration is miles ahead of MySQL. It boasts of state of the art features such as a comprehensive reporting tool, sophisticated BI enhancements, capacity to support an extraordinary number of concurrent users and even provides you with the option to encrypt your backup files.

SQL Is User Friendly to Manage and can be cost effective in the long run

The Microsoft SQL Server has been designed to target a whole bouquet of companies ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. Implementing a SQL Server application is quite easy for any trained professional and Microsoft provides you with timely and wholesome support. In contrast, MySQL is mostly community driven and may prove costly in the long run. Finding trained manpower in MySQL is relatively difficult and implementing it across several instances and cores proves to be a challenge without adequate support. 

MS SQL Server too has some flaws

Nothing is perfect in the world and the MS SQL Server too has some chinks in its armor. It remains quite vulnerable to crashes wherein the chances of data corruption exist. In order to avoid a situation where you end up losing your data repository stored in SQL files, you need to get hold of a powerful sql recovery tool like the sophisticated DataNumen SQL Recovery. This dexterous recovery tool can dig out data from all SQL Server editions currently in use. Moreover if you encounter tricky scenarios where you would have to extract data present in sparse columns, this versatile tool can come to your rescue. It can even fix your backup SQL files in case of a corruption irrespective of the fact that you may have used an Iomega Zip drive to store them. Last but not the least it can also recover a whole bunch of corrupted SQL files in one shot. 

Author Introduction:

Alan Chen is President & Chairman of DataNumen, Inc., which is the world leader in data recovery technologies, including access recovery and sql recovery software products. For more information visit http://www.datanumen.com/