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abl on June 13, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Scalability and .NET stack

Would it be easy to upgrade and scale the Express database later to a full-blown version of SQL Server using replication if I see that my app makes money and is worth the investment paying for a commercial SQL Server version? I think I could probably even find a hosted SQL Server, so I wouldn't have to pay full license fee. But I guess that prevents me from running on a dedicated server...Thats why I am hoping I can move it over later to some scalable solution like Mosso, and not worry about paying for the full license, only for as much as I need depending on the traffic.

goofygrin on June 13, 2008 [–]

If you go to a hosted solution (virtuals/rackspace/shared/whatever), the license cost of SQL is usually included.

Honestly, MSFTs licensing schemes give me a huge headache.

abl on June 13, 2008 | [–]

They aren't very straight-forward.. vs LAMP: free = free :) but... I like the tools.

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