Decisions You Have To Make Before Installing SQL Server 2012

This video is part of LearnItFirst's SQL Server 2012: Database Administration course. More information on this video and course is available here: http://www.learnitfirst.com/Course171 Chapter 3 is all about installing and upgrading to SQL Server 2012, and this video is first of several in a series that will give you an overview of things we need to discuss before we install, upgrade, or patch your SQL Server 2012 Database Engine instance. Highlights from this video: 04:35 - What is the workload profile? 05:30 - What different types of workload profiles can you have on a server? 07:05 - What can you do to future-proof your purchase/installation? 08:45 - Guide to purchasing CPUs 09:00 - Guide to purchasing memory 09:55 - Guide to buying disks