[AccessD] Multiple instances of SQl Server express

I'm running one with ~25 users on the system and in the database most of
the day.  My database size is only about 100MB but have had no issues.
It's a backend for an Access front end. I'm running SSE 2005 on a MS
Small Business Server 2003 machine.  That same instance of SSE is
running the backend database for Vipre Enterprise.

HTH

Rusty

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To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; VBA; Sqlserver-Dba
Subject: [AccessD] Multiple instances of SQl Server express

I have a client using Access BEs which I would like to move to SQL
Server Express.  The biggest issue in my mind is near term expansion.
One reason we need to move is simply that we have already split the BEs
a couple of times to keep the size reasonable.  We have a BE at 850 MB,
750MB and 500 MB.  These are just too big for Access IMHO.

OTOH merging them all back into a single SQL Server express BE would
result in a pretty large database (by Express standards), although it
appears that they did increase the SSE 2008 limitation to 10 gigs.

Is anyone using SS Express to try to run a small business - under 50
employees, ~25 users in the db most of the day?  Any insights, gotchas,
words of wisdom?

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