Our client had accumulated many different SQL Servers. You know how it works in real life, very often a new project sstarts with a new application, and the project team requests a new SQL instance. Over the years, the number of SQL instances explodes.
This client, anticipating a possible licensing audit, wanted to get back on track.
Our CONSOLIDATION and OPTIMISATION OF SQL LICENSING COSTS study which allows to control and get the best out of the SQL platforms in order to improve performance, save on resources, and save on licensing costs seemed perfect.
Some of the servers were under or over utilised because noone never actually did a proper performance analysis against each of the SQL instances. The editions were also poorly chosen.
We used a proactive approach:
- An audit of the SQL estate to consolidate
- A study of CONSOLIDATION and OPTIMISATION OF SQL LICENSING COSTS
- A consolidation roadmap
This service helped them save over 1M€!!! You can imagine how happy they were to be back on track and in control of their SQL Server estate.