Still many persons are running CSP with the SQL Server Express 2005 Edition that comes with it in their production environment, so I thought of a little reminder.
The reason is very simple; SQL Server Express Editions are all limited in size.
SQL Server Versions | RTM | SP1 | SP2 | SP3 | SP4 | Size limitations |
2012 | 11.00.2100.60 | 11.00.3128.0 |
|
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| 10Gb |
2008 R2 | 10.50.1600.1 | 10.50.2500 | 10.50.4000 |
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| 10Gb |
2008 | 10.00.1600.22 | 10.00.2531 | 10.00.4000 | 10.00.5500 |
| 4Gb |
2005 | 9.00.1399.06 | 9.00.2047 | 9.00.3042 | 9.00.4035 | 9.00.5000 | 4Gb |
So what can happen once your CSP database is full?
- Login to CSP Console might fail,
- Agents will stop sending events,
- Agents will appear offline,
etc.
The purpose of the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition that comes with SCSP is for Evaluation only.
Therefore, I would strongly recommend the upgrade of the SQL Server to a Standard or Enterprise Edition to avoid these issues, and save time!