# SQL Server Consolidation

- URL: https://dynamicaccounting.net/sql-server-consolidation/
- Date: 2008-07-11
- Topics: SQL & Data, Install, Upgrade & Admin
- Type: link to an external article
- Source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/andrew/2008/07/11/sql-server-consolidation-options/

[Andrew Fryer’s Blog](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/andrew/2008/07/11/sql-server-consolidation-options/) has a brief discussion of the options for [SQL Server consolidation](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/andrew/2008/07/11/sql-server-consolidation-options/) including multiple instances, consolidating databases to a single server and virtualization. He give some brief pros and cons for each approach and then points to a more detailed Microsoft white paper that covers the topic.   
If you’re trying to reduce your SQL Server overhead, reduce energy costs and better utilize your hardware, make sure you take a [look at Andrew’s post](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/andrew/2008/07/11/sql-server-consolidation-options/).