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SQL Questionnaire Test SQL Instance

The document provides information for installing a new clustered Microsoft SQL Server instance on a Rackspace server. It requests details such as the SQL version and edition to install, whether customer or Rackspace licensing will be used, the instance and MSDTC names, which SQL features to install, and how to distribute database components across the server's drives. It also asks if the SQL max memory setting should be configured and if so, at what limit.

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SQL Questionnaire Test SQL Instance

The document provides information for installing a new clustered Microsoft SQL Server instance on a Rackspace server. It requests details such as the SQL version and edition to install, whether customer or Rackspace licensing will be used, the instance and MSDTC names, which SQL features to install, and how to distribute database components across the server's drives. It also asks if the SQL max memory setting should be configured and if so, at what limit.

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Microsoft SQL Server Setup Information Request

You have asked us to install Microsoft SQL Server on your server. Please take a moment to review and
answer the below questions.

Should this build be modeled after an existing configuration or is it a new configuration?

[ ] Existing configuration
    If so which other Rackspace Hosted Server?

[ X ] New configuration
SQL Version: Latest Supported
SQL Edition: Latest Supported

Please specify any Microsoft SQL Server service packs and/or cumulative updates you would like the
install.
Service Pack/Cumulative Update: Latest Supported by Rackspace

Please Provide the type of licensing you will use for this SQL Edition
[ ] Customer Provided  or
[ X ] Rackspace Provided
(Racker ensure that the customer's selection is reflected in core)

Please specify if this is a standalone or clustered instance


[ ] Standalone
[ X ] Clustered

Please specify the instance name


[                  SETEST ] ----- this instance will be for our TEST database that will be clustered on the Bronze
SAN.
MSDTC name for clustered instances only.
[                                                         ]

Please specify the type account Microsoft SQL should run under. Select one. Please note multiple
instances should run under separate service accounts.
[ X ] Default Service Account
[ ] Local user Account
[ ] Domain user Account

Please specify the database collation type.


---- SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

Please specify any Microsoft SQL Server updates and/or service packs you would like the install. The
latest service pack for your edition is X.

Please fill in the below features you would like installed/


[ X ] SQL Database Engine
[ X ] SQL Reporting Server*
[ ] SQL Analysis Server*
[ X ] SQL Integration Server*
[ X ] SQL Client Tools

Drive Name and purpose


ex. For best performance we recommend the following
    C: Instance
    S: SQL data
    L: Log
    T: Tempdb
    U: SQL backup

Your server have 4 drives please specify where you would like the following database components  to
reside.

[ ] Instance
[ ] SQL data
[ ] Log
[ ] Tempdb
[ ] SQL backup

Your server has 128 GB of memory, we recommend limiting the SQL Max Memory to 125GB (Total RAM
- 3GB) . This will reserve 3 GB for the Operating System. Would you like us to put this setting in to place?
[ ] Yes
[ X ] No
---- Please limit SQL Instance to 100GB for now

* Ultimately the customer is responsible for setting up the additional features of Microsoft SQL. Typically
these features are installed but not configured. Requests to configure these features are on a
reasonable endeavor basis.

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