However, one customer, ServiceU, estimated it would save between $25-$50K in its first year using SQL Server 2008 Data Compression. Now, that news will even make Ebeneezer Scrooge happy.

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Data Compression, PowerShell integration, and Policy-Based Management, not to mention Server Groups, should make a big splash in almost any environment.

Data Compression is one of my favorite features in SQL Server 2008 because, surprisingly, there does not appear to be a downside. Flick a switch to save storage and improve performance.

Now, backup compression is built right into SQL Server 2008, and what's even better is that it's easy to use. All you have to do is append the WITH COMPRESSION option to your backup statements and you ...

I tested Advanced Compression in two ways, against two separate databases. In the first case, the database I used for testing was generated from the TPC-C order entry benchmark, which simulates a ...

SQL Server 2008 provides a feature, which, in my opinion, has been far overdue -- backup compression. For too long, if you wanted the benefit of compressed backups, you had to look at a third-party ...