I am trying to determine the best course of action when building a new SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Farm. Should we use SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2012? I have found some information online, but I wanted to know if there were more pros and cons to SQL 2012 over 2008. Can anyone tell me if my short list is adequate enough? Also, are there any integration concerns with other applications that I may need to look out for by using SQL 2012 that don't exist in SQL 2008?
The list of benefits of SQL 2012 over SQL 2008 I know of include:
- AlwaysOn
- Read-Only Secondary
- Contained Database
- ColumnStore Indexes
- Shredded Storage
- PowerPivot BI
- Reporting Services BI
Are there any negatives to using SQL 2012?
Thanks,
Alex