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Good morning, for a week now on my Windows Server 2019 is growing more and more a log file in the MSSQL13.ENTERPRISE folder so much to have filled all the disk space.
Reading the logs, I found that the problem comes from a management software.
We contacted the technical support of the management software that advised us to switch to the standard sql version because the database exceeds 10GB.
I’m not very familiar with window servers, so how should I buy a standard sql license?
Thank you.
I guess you have the free Express Edition of SQL Server, here the max database size is limited to 10 GB.
so how should I buy a standard sql license?
Contact a Microsoft sales partner or purchase Online in a shop like
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/sql-server-standard-2022/dg7gmgf0m80j?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
But why does it cost so much?
I can’t buy 899$?
Why can I already use the CAL I had before not? So I don’t even need them.
This is a technical forum, and we don't have the knowledge about licensing and pricing here. You would need to talk to Microsoft directly about these issues.
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About license, you could consult professionals. Please call 1-800-426-9400, Monday to Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (Pacific Time) to directly speak to a Microsoft licensing specialist.
Best regards,
Percy Tang
Sorry but I'm in Italy not in America.
Microsoft has a subsidiary in Italy you can talk to. But, I am sorry, I don't have the number.
If you are a cheapskate and don't want to cough up the cost for a license of standard edition, you would have to purge your database to get rid of old data. Or start on a new database for your application.