I'm at a new company and one of my first tasks is to setup a data warehouse by repurposing an HP G7 (dedicated to SQL). Data is purged from the AS400 every 1-3 months, depending on the table. The data warehouse is to capture data before it's purged and archive. As you can imagine, the current arrangement doesn't leave options for long-term metrics and analysis. To start, there will be 5-10 people accessing SSRS reports through the web browser, but soon thereafter, it could ramp up quickly to 100. We do not intend to integrate with SharePoint.
My questions are on current software requirements and licensing.Here's the list I've compiledwith questions below:
- Windows Server Standard2012 R2(The machine currently has Windows Server 2008 R2, so if cost prohibits, I may keep 2008)
- SQL Server 2014 BI (My understanding is the BI version is needed...