SQL Server Stability

RK
Senior General Manager at Worly Plumbing Supply, Inc.

SQL Server is a highly stable solution.

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HS
Works at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

In version 2019, they introduced a really good and stable environment. Bugs are there, but bug fixes are provided by Microsoft. We have premium support with Microsoft. If we find a bug, they work on it and provide a solution.

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PJ
Professional Services Manager at Business Intelligence DA

SQL Server is solid as a rock now. It never used to be. It was quite flakey in the past.

In fact, databases as a whole have matured very well. I used to work for IBM in the 1990s and I sold DB2. We had our share of problems, that's for sure.

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SQL Server
March 2024
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AhmadTalha - PeerSpot reviewer
Product owner at Digitt Plus (AFT)

I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten. 

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PE
Chief Technology Officer at Wolff Logics

SQL Server is a stable solution.

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JA
Software Engineer at Intelligent Systems

It is an extremely stable solution.

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MJ
Senior Database Administrator at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The solution offers very good performance and is pretty reliable. 

The stability is excellent. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze.

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Azizul Haque - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP, IT Division at NCC BANK LIMITED

For big organizations, like ours, SQL Server is very good in terms of reliability and security. It has the Always-On feature and many more features. I appreciate its reliability.

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HB
Domain architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I have found the solution to be very stable.

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Jayesh Bhandari - PeerSpot reviewer
Group IT Head at Ashapura Minechem Ltd

If the dataset is limited, the performance is good. If it involves bulk data, then the speed is slow.

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Sumeet  Zalpuri - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at ASR Nederland N.V.

The tool is stable. I rate the stability a seven out of ten.

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Praneeth N - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Product Management at SID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC

I can't provide a definitive comment on stability, but I'd lean towards the positive side and rate it around a seven out of ten. I've encountered more efficient and faster databases that deserve a higher rating. Therefore, I'm hesitant to rate SQL Server a nine out of ten for stability.

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Domenico Beneventano - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

It is a stable solution.

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Isam Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
System analyst at Ministry of Interior

It is a robust and stable solution. Its tracking record is reliable and it can handle large volumes of data.

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NC
System Design Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I have had issues with SQL Server but Microsoft support has been able to resolve them quickly and most came down to configuration/design errors and not a stability of the product issue.

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MH
System Administrator at ARTIc

We have not experienced any problems with the stability of this solution.

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AM
Database Architect at Huron Consulting

It is one of the most stable relational databases out there.

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Atal Upadhyay - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP at MIDDAY INFOMEDIA LIMITED

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a 9 out of 10.

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DineshKumar27 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution architect at Rackspace

It is a very stable solution. Hundreds and thousands of customers have adopted SQL Server since it is a very stable solution.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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XZ
Integration developer at Blackwoods

Performance issues are a common concern when using SQL Server. However, it's important to recognize that the problem may not solely lie with SQL Server. It is stable. My team has four members using it. 

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SE
IT Analysis at Kirkby (Tyres) Ltd

It is a highly stable solution. It was our database of choice because of its reliability. It just does what it says on the tin. We've never experienced any issues with it. I've never experienced any issues with it crashing or anything like that. 

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MM
Group CEO at Mmusi Group

It works fine. There are no issues.

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YM
Senior Data Engeer at Qbros

The product is stable. The community is big.

I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.

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Firaz Mohammed - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Manager at a retailer with 51-200 employees

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

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Matt Hardy - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Manager/Deployment Manager at Hivedome Consultancy Services

There's a reporting database feature in SQL Server, but running multiple instances on the same box would be beneficial. That's one limitation we've encountered. Many of our customers utilize a hosting provider that offers multi-tenant SQL Servers, but we cannot implement a multi-tenant reporting database. 

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PL
Manager Global Identity & Access Management at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

SQL Server is a very stable product.

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BL
Certified Adjunct Faculty, School of Engineering and Computing at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

What I don't know yet is if it would be stable when being migrated from the scale of a project that would be in a prototype on a small machine, into a much larger environment in order to get ready to go to production. I'm not sure of that experience, whether it's vulnerable or not. I haven't tried it.

However, in my experience, so far, the solution is quite stable. In terms of stability, with Microsoft being so supportive of its success, and so many smart professionals who have the skillsets to use it, that it would be stable. I'm confident about that. It's not a new tool, so stable being defined as it doesn't break down.

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DV
Database Administrator at Court of Audit Belgium

I would rate the stability of the solution as a nine out of ten.

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JM
BI Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have not had any issues with the stability of SQL Server.

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FR
CEO Owner at ALESON ITC

This solution has fantastic stability. 

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Ali Yazıcı - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Manager at Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

The product is very stable, from my experience. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. I've used it for ten years with very few issues. The performance and reliability are very good.

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MP
IT Cybersecurity and Compliance Coordinator at Plaenge

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.

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Prashant Baste - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Solution Architect at Team Computers

The stability is good. 

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MB
Sr. Training Manager with 201-500 employees

We do clustering. If one SQL Server goes down, it automatically goes to another one.

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Ahmed-Ramy - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at TMentors

Its stability has been good. The solution performs well and is reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

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SS
IT Manager : HOD at Condot Systems

MS SQL is very stable. However, the corruption of databases needs to be handled more accurately. If I'm using MS SQL Server and my server accidentally restarts or one of my machines restarts accidentally, then usually the MDB or the MDF file is corrupted. That corruption of files should be handled more efficiently because the client loses most of the data. Of course, the backup plan should be more efficient, putting less load on the server. That needs to be improved and more optimized.

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RN
Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

SQL Server is a stable product.

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PC
Independent Consultant at Unaikui

The stability is fine, especially if you're hosting it on AWS or Azure. You can get up to 99.99% stability on AWS.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

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Raphael Haroun  Ikyagh - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Letshego

We did not have any issues with stability. The tool is stable.

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AR
Works at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

SQL Server is a stable solution.

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SS
Senior Software Developer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

SQL Server is stable. SQL Server has crashed only two times in six years, but it wasn't a major system error. 

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AM
VP Global Information Technology at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is sufficiently stable. 

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TP
Solutions Architect at One Click

It's exceptionally stable. The ease of implementation and the ease of use can't be beaten. I think it's outstanding overall.

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MP
Database Administrator at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

It is very stable.

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Alvaro Callupe Arias - PeerSpot reviewer
Key Account Manager at Sumteccorp

The product could be more stable than Oracle.

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TL
SQL Database Administrator at Aurora Mental Health Center

With the versions we have, the solution is quite stable. That's one of the reasons we don't immediately download the latest version. We wait a little bit before we go to the newest version. We want to make sure it's very stable beforehand.

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TN
System engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

SQL Server is stable and is a high-performance database. We do hundreds of transactions per second, it's fairly robust, it does not struggle. Mostly, if your hardware is strong enough and you've set it up properly, then you can actually perform a lot of transactions per second on a SQL Serving installation.

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Vishal Khare - PeerSpot reviewer
IT manager at Electrolux Home Products

The stability is very good.

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BC
Senior Developer at a government with 51-200 employees

The stability is great. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's very reliable. The performance is great. 

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RU
Senior Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

I find the solution to be very stable. 

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SM
Global Head ICT (CITP & MIE) at The Aga Khan Academies

It is a stable product.

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Prashant Baste - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Solution Architect at Team Computers

When it's medium or small-scale data volume, people are referring to MySQL, however, when the data volume grows the people are referring to Oracle. In my estimation, the stability is fine.

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RM
Digital Transformation Architect at Comdata

It is very stable. I would rate it an eight out of ten in terms of stability.

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Reza Sadeghi - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Team Lead at asa com

I have seen that this is a very stable product.

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Rafael Keller - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Pluris Midia

I use SQL Server on a daily basis.

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SA
Applications Business Intelligence Analyst at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

Issues encountered with stability were always correctable assuming we as a business were willing to spend money. The two major issues that come to mind were slowing of image files loading to disk using SQL Server and lack of proper indexing.

Images were archived for a 30 year legal period at a rate of at least 12 million per year and we eventually just hit a max depth of data where SQL Server had a hard time returning results. Shortening the physical file path structure of how deep SQL Server had to dig through the hard drive in addition to changing to new and improved disk technologies resolved the problem.

After this drive change occurred, a separate problem started where our database came to a crawl which is when we realized our regularly scheduled database index had not been updated to accommodate the new structure changes. A new index was put in place which is when SQL Server started humming along better than ever.

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MM
Consultant at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Sometimes we experience issues with its stability.

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FZ
Principal Database And Cloud Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

There are problems in all systems, and I don't see any difference between open source and proprietary solutions. SQL Server, Postgres, and Oracle are all vulnerable. There are no known issues per se, but any system can be broken. There is nothing special about this database.

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DG
Information Systems Manager at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees

It is pretty much bulletproof. We never had data corruption and database failure. We've had hardware failures, but that's not the fault of the software.

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MM
Development Associate & Manager at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven or eight out of ten.

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Mohamed Abozied - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Alsafy

The stability of the product is great. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. it's reliable. 

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Ariful Ambia - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Director at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

SQL Server is stable. However, every product has limitations. It is stable for a certain amount of workload. Beyond the capabilities of this solution, you will need other data solutions, such as Oracle. A solution that is more secure.

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US
Team Lead, Process Improvement at Fidelity Bank Plc

The stability is great. It's very reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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PT
Database Administration Team Leader at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

It's stable. The database service is better than the analysis service, but it's quite stable. It's as stable as the support it has. If it has a good infrastructure and good machines with disks, it's quite stable.

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SL
Enterprise Architect at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

This product is not quite as stable as Oracle. I would rate the stability as moderate and would not rate it ten out of ten.

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ChristineSpence - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Solutions Account Manager at First Technology

I rate the product’s stability a seven out of ten.

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Karoly Krokovay - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Informula Ltd

The stability of SQL Server is very important for us because we provide services for banks. The banks need a secure and stable solution from us and we have requested from the cloud provider to give us this level of service.

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AS
Business Intelligence Manager at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

It's much more stable. It's good. We haven't had any downtime during the past two years. The solution has gone down maybe once.

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SK
Group DWH and BI Senior Manager at Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa

SQL Server is stable.

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OK
Solution Architect at KIAN company

I have found the SQL Server stable.

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Gajanan Shalgar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at OMFYS Technologies India Pvt.Ltd

It's stable. It was very easy for me to handle it.

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Balaji E - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database Administrator at Torry Harris Integration Solutions

It works perfectly. No issues there. 

So, it is a stable product. 

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Tushar Rahatekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Analyst at a maritime company with 10,001+ employees

SQL is a highly unstable server - there are patch updates on the Windows server every week, which is why we only use it for non-critical systems. 

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Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

It is very stable.

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Girish Vijay - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager IT at Carl Bechem Lubricants India Pvt. Ltd.

Very good stability with 250-300 users.

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IG
Chief ICT Officer at Barbados Public Workers Cooperative Credit Union Ltd

The solution is stable. 

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Miyoba Sichimwi - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Security Officer at South African National Accreditation System (sanas)

SQL Server is highly stable.

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AS
General Manager IT at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

This solution is very stable from what we have seen.

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Ashif  Shaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Its stability is good.

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Alaa T Alhorani - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Consultant (Enterprise Architect) at Devoteam

The stability is great. there are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is reliable. 

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RV
2de Solution Engineer - storage & compute at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable and the performance is great. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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MS
Head of Technical Support at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees

The solution is stable, I have not had any issue using it.

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AhmedElbadry - PeerSpot reviewer
NMS Service Automation & RPA Technical Lead at Vodafone

So far, the stability has been very good. We haven't experienced any crashed or anything of that nature. There are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable and the performance is good.

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MB
BI Developer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This particular product is quite stable. We've not had any particular problems. We've had problems with Microsoft Excel recently, but Analysis Services has been quite stable.

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ST
Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It's a stable solution. Stability is one of the most valuable features.

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SB
Cloud Data Architect (Data service Team) at NTT Data India Enterprise Application Services Pri

It is stable.

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PS
Project Advisor at A private sector Company
NY
Consultant at a tech company with self employed

We have never had a stability problem.

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KG
Associate Manager at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees

This is a stable product. 

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JJ
Business Solutions Architect at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees

I have a very high opinion of the stability of the solution. It is one of the most mature products available.

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NS
IT manager at IRPC PCL

Thus far, the solution has been quite stable. It doesn't crash or freeze. there aren't bugs or glitches. It works well for us overall and we find it to be reliable.

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it_user422262 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO/CTO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We did not encounter any issues with stability. None at all.

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Karol Bura - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Drukarnia Interak sp. z o.o.

We're satisfied with the stability.

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Richard Vivian - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at KOLOK SA

SQL Server is a stable solution.

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Serban Stancu - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director/ Project Manager / Consultant at SC Iceberg Data Intelligence SR

Stability can be shaky.

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Muhammad_Irfan - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Administrator at ACMC

This solution is stable. 

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AL
Senior Service Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

For the needs we had for the client it was sufficient. Whatever we needed to have - whether more server or more virtual server, the performance for the platform wasn't as good as I would like. I'm not entirely satisfied.

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MF
Information Technology Manager at OrchidaSoft

It's a stable solution.

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BM
Senior Manager - RPA & Transition at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The stability of the product is very good. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It does not crash or freeze. It doesn't give us any trouble.

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SB
Software Manager at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

SQL Server is quite stable. And now we are using the Lattice 2017 version. But the most important thing is that the license cost is quite expensive.

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Meindert Van Der Galiën - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Software Developer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The solution is extremely stable. It's got an amazing backup repository system, a fail-safe system for if any type of data should it be lost. It's got a backup system that stores everything on a day-to-day basis or an hourly basis as well. Depending on the backup and storage drive that you're using or the capacity of the server it is installed on or the local machine, you can pretty much back up any type of critical data, any recent data, or any archive-based data relatively fast. You can also pull that data again, based on the system restore and the server restore is fairly quick.

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PV
BI Specialist at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

I rate SQL Server a nine out of ten for stability.

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MN
IT Officer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

The solution has good stability, although my advice is to use the most recent version towards this end, to provide for bug fixes. This will ensure some stability. 

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JM
SQL Server Senior Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

SQL Server has good performance. It is one of the best features.

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MO
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

The stability has been great. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. it's reliable. 

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YT
Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

As we have faced problems with the solution in both the past and present, I feel it could be more stable. 

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FA
IT Assistant at Hotel 2 Fevrier

The solution could be more stable

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HP
Computer engineering student at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees

The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable in terms of performance.

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HV
Infrastructure and Networks at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It's a stable product.

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MM
Director of Data Analytics at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There are no issues with stability that are not within the norm where you deploy new versions. Microsoft is always very close. When we experience any type of glitch, Microsoft handles it and we take care of it.

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НЕ
Senior SQL DBA at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Over the years, there was one service pack and two cumulative updates that were recalled as problematic ones, but otherwise it is very stable system.

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BG
Systems Analyst/DBA at Vecima Networks

Stability seems very good. I have not seen any issues with this.

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SA
IT Director at DAR AL ARKAN

There were no stability issues. If the initial configuration is done correctly, there are no issues. If the other servers are connected at remote locations, then the connectivity performance plays a vital role and it should be 10-15 ms for best results.

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VB
Data Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The stability and performance are good. It doesn't crash or freeze. it's not buggy. there are no glitches. It's pretty reliable. 

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BR
senior system integrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

We've struggled with the stability of the product. We'd like for it to be more stable and reliable. 

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Veerender Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner at Software Technology

SQL Server is stable. We have more resources that are using it, I am more familiar with SQL Server. I have been using it for a long time. Most of the time it has been stable.

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EM
Enterprise Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

SQL Server is a stable solution.

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VG
Regional Head Customer Experience at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable.

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ID
IT Manager at ducart

The solution from the 2008 version is stable. I like the defined database and the ease with which it can be used and that enquiries can be made. 

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AG
Technical Director at Progetti e Soluzioni

The solution is very stable. there are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. it's excellent.

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AM
Sr. DBA/Developer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution is extremely stable. We haven't had issues. We don't really experience bugs or glitches and haven't had the system crash on us before.

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it_user79482 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Overall, SQL Server 2014 is a very stable product and so far I cannot remember major issues that I have encountered. The only item which I can list is application failure during Integration Services debugging, when restarting a process flow. In a number of instances the solutions fails. I have not given this much thought and simply stop and start the debugging service rather than restarting.

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IH
Advisory Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is very stable.

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KJ
Deputy Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of the SQL Server needs improvements.

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RZ
Principal, Sr. IT Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

We haven't had any experiences. The software hasn't been unstable or glitchy in our environment so far.

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CL
Senior BI Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is stable. There has been a few bugs but all solutions have them at one time or another.

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MY
IT at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

The solution is stable and it has remained so over the years. I've worked in different organizations, such as the banks here in Lagos. Straight off the bat, I've been using Microsoft SQL Server 2000. We currently use Microsoft SQL Server for our ERP needs. How one designs his tables is important. As the team leader, it is my job to ensure that the functioning is as it should be. The application is pretty straightforward. 

Since we can automate most of our tasks, it means that the management is very easy. We can have jobs for our backups. The solution grants us the ability to perform database housekeeping tasks.

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PR
Technical Specialist at a media company with 10,001+ employees

For my purposes, I haven't had any issues with stability. I find it to be reliable in terms of performance. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's good.

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SJ
Chief Technology Officer & Vice President, Delivery at a recruiting/HR firm with 1-10 employees

It has been very stable. We had a very good experience with it.

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AW
Database Operation Assistant Manager at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable.

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Ryan Dave Brigino - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Es'hailSat

The solution is stable. It's reliable. We do not deal with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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MM
Head of IT, CTO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

After eight years in our company, we have not had any issues with SQL Server from a stability point of view.

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MS
Vice President, Product Engineering at Logitix

The stability of the product is very good. It offers excellent performance. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

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MA
Owner at BNS

It's a stable product.

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RL
Technical Department Manager at Direcbusiness Technologies, Inc.

The product is stable.

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HT
System Engineer at CMC CSI saigon

SQL Server is stable.

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Ferhat Alkan - PeerSpot reviewer
Kurucu, Bilgisayar Programcısı at Optimus Yazılım

I have the issue of memory support but the solution is stable. 

 

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VA
Data Analyst at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

SQL Server is a stable solution.

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Al Fath Nuur Rochman - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at a logistics company with 1-10 employees

SQL Server is a stable system.

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FN
Senior Database Administrator at ITGStore

The solution is stable. 

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MC
Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

SQL Server is a stable solution, but it could be improved.

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MP
CEO at SkyNet

We have had no issues with stability. It's one of the most stable products.

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ST
System Engineer at asa

SQL Server is a stable product.

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it_user715902 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO and Founder at a tech services company

Since we are working with a lot of clients on many edge cases, we encounter bugs and stability issues once in a while, but these are rare.

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PN
Data Analyst at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
it_user290769 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect with 51-200 employees

There were some avoidable issues, primarily due to a lack of scaling in our own design.

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TU
Managing Director at D3

SQL Server is stable. However, Microsoft products have a tendency to crash. I would rate it a five out of ten in terms of stability.

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MR
IT Developer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

SQL Server's performance is fine.

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IC
ICT Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The product is quite stable. there are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

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OB
Operations Director at ALTERSIS Performance

We've had some performance issues overall. It's something that's a pain point for us. They need to work on their capabilities in this regard.

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DB
Sr Tech Business Analyst, Group Data Projects & Ventures at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution is quite stable. It doesn't have issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's good.

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it_user158343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Architect at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

There were no stability issues.

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it_user290733 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant & IT Project Manager Assistant with 10,001+ employees

When using HA (high availability), we experienced some stability issues.

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it_user158343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Architect at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

We did not encounter any stability issues.

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SB
Admin at IEC (Electoral Commission of South Africa)

SQL is stable.

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VC
Sr. Solution Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution is stable.

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MK
Senior Digital Services Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

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SW
GF at Innopact GmbH

The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It does not crash or freeze. It's very reliable in terms of performance.

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VP
Chief Information Officer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

It's a stable product.

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KV
Data Architect at ACPAS Loan Management Software

The stability of the solution is excellent. We don't run into any issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's fairly reliable.

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KG
Lead Data Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

SQL Server is pretty stable.

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JM
System administrator at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees

The stability is good. We don't have any issues with stability or scalability. 

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磊刘
DBA,data architectuire at LG CNS Co.

Sometimes , when windows server suddently failed, the database still can be turn on when DB server started.

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it_user796899 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Database and Application Administrator with 10,001+ employees

I have no problems with stability at all, even when they are clustered.

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MO
Marketo Consultant at Webtech software servies

The solution is stable.

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AK
System Architect, SCRUM Product Owner at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable and the performance is good.

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it_user408555 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical lead/Senior embedded software engineer at a wireless company with 51-200 employees

Yes, I encountered issues only when using the Express editions during the development. SQL Server, generally speaking, is stable also in high transaction environments.

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DK
Senior Systems Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

It is stable.

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SY
CTO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The stability is pretty good. I find it to be reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The performance is good.

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PS
Project Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Five years ago there were some stability issues but in the current version, the stability is good.

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YA
Chief of Information Technology at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

The solution has been really stable in my experience.

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RS
Business Analytics Manager at a transportation company with 201-500 employees

The stability is more on the IT side. I have not paid attention to that as I'm outside the SQL Server. My enterprise data warehouse is not on a SQL Server. Once I get the data, I don't know what's happening in that space. It's not my realm anymore. I know they patch a lot. That gives me a hint that the solution has its issues with bugs. I can't really say if it's stable or not, however, I'm leaning towards no.

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it_user272976 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

With the new, big releases, there's quite a lot of work that we have to do. From 2005 to 2008, and then from 2012 to 2016. But, otherwise, it's quite stable. It's nice.

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it_user718458 - PeerSpot reviewer
Corporate Data and BI Lead - Database Administrator at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
it_user284160 - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Running long and complicated queries could make the software crash. You should run them part by part instead (i.e. with stored procedures).

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it_user103896 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Engineer at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
No, SQL was stable for our applications. View full review »
AJ
Data Analyst

SQL Server is stable.

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JP
Chief Technology Officer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

The solution is stable. 

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EK
Sr Lead Data & Information Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We have had no issues with stability.

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DS
Technical Director at a security firm with 51-200 employees

It is stable.

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EN
Head of Data Analytics at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is very stable. 

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YW
Information Security Engineer at a security firm with 11-50 employees

It's a stable solution. It's very stable.

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VS
DWH Architect at B2BSoft

It is pretty stable.

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RS
Software Developer at OATI

No stability issues.

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DM
Chief of Engineering at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

No stability issues.

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it_user117381 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

One stability issue I encountered was the deadlocking between calls to the same resources (tables, etc.). That was solved by row versioning. (We were shooting ourselves in the feet).

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JI
System Analyst and Team Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

SQL Server is stable.

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RP
IT Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

I think it's scalable.

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it_user369171 - PeerSpot reviewer
Brazil IT Coordinator at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The SQL Server has a big issue when some systems use Java as a primary software interface. This database loses the ability to manage memory, consequently locking the processes and losing performance in the execution of some robust queries.

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it_user308226 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP NetWeaver Implementer at a tech services company
FK
Managing Partner at Veribir Ltd

The solution is stable.

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Anteneh Asnake - PeerSpot reviewer
Modern Data Center and Cloud Engineer II at IE Network Solutions PLC

I have found SQL Server stable.

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CM
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is very stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. We're happy with it.

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IF
CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I have found the stability great.

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Girish Kumar. - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Botmantra

The solution is stable.

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it_user493200 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales/System Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
AA
ASM at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

SQL Server is a stable solution.

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RP
Project manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It is stable.

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it_user125703 - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Trainee for Training at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Never had issues with stability, may be we were handling structured data well.

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it_user359604 - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Content Editor at a consumer goods company with 501-1,000 employees

It was average.

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SK
Senior Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

In the past, it wasn't stable compared to other products like Oracle Db2, but it has improved, and now it's stable. 

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WL
Senior Programmer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The stability of the solution is quite good. We don't have issues with it. It doesn't crash or freeze. We don't experience bugs or glitches. It's reliable.

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it_user280197 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Solution Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

There were no issues with stability.

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SP
Chief Information Officer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

The solution is stable and reliable.

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MG
CEO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Its stability is okay.

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SS
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We have had no issues with stability.

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it_user540858 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technician / Support Supervisor at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees

No issues with stability.

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it_user585195 - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA de Desenvolvimento at a tech services company

Sometimes the cross-database performance isn't the best.

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it_user231318 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Consultant with 501-1,000 employees

We had a stability issue with the SSRS component when we deployed it into the production environment.

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it_user135978 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
SA
Chief Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The solution could be more stable.

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it_user285990 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Operations Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

If there is flapping of Always-On database node, SQL Server will break the replication to the child nodes, and it requires manual intervention to restart replication.

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CL
Data Analyst at a tech company with 51-200 employees

It's a stable solution. We have no issues with the stability.

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it_user941640 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst Developer with 1-10 employees

I have never had a problem with the stability of the solution. 

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KH
Program Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This is a stable product.

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it_user252576 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence and Decision Support Team Leader at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Not in this version.

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March 2024
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