SQL Server 2016 Standard is a data platform that allows you to manage and analyse data efficiently and securely, wherever you store it. SQL Server 2016 Standard offers the following benefits:
- Comprehensive data management: SQL Server 2016 Standard supports the management of relational and non-relational data, including graph data, spatial data, JSON and XML. It also enables easy data migration and replication between other systems.
- Advanced analytics: SQL Server 2016 Standard includes built-in analytics tools to help you discover, understand and predict data. These tools include Machine Learning Services, integration with R and Python languages, and PolyBase, which enables queries between SQL Server and Big Data sources.
- High availability: SQL Server 2016 Standard ensures continuous availability and protection of data with various disaster recovery solutions such as Always On Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances and Log Shipping. It also supports online indexing and maintenance, as well as online file and file group operations.
- Outstanding performance: the SQL Server 2016 Standard leverages the latest hardware and software innovations to deliver faster and more efficient queries. These innovations include intelligent query processing, adaptive memory management, automatic tuning and compression.
To use SQL Server 2016 Standard, you must purchase a server license and a client access license (CAL) for each user or device that accesses the server.
To use SQL Server 2016 Standard, the following minimum system requirements must be met:
- Operating system: Windows Server 2016 or later; Windows 10 or later; Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 or later; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v12 SP2 or later; Ubuntu 16.04 or later)
- Processor: 1.4 GHz x64 processor or higher
- Memory: at least 1 GB RAM
- Hard disk: at least 20 GB of available disk space
- Internet connection: required for activation
