About the SQL Server 2005 Express Database

The WhatsUp Gold installation program installs the SQL Server Express Edition (SSEE) database server and configures the WhatsUp database. SSEE provides several benefits over Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000), which was used by previous versions of WhatsUp Gold.

SSEE provides the following benefits over MSDE 2000:

• Doubles database size limit from 2 GB to 4 GB.
• Removes workload governor, greatly improving database performance.
• Supports Microsoft Windows Vista.
• Support for SQL Server 2005 as a database.

For more information, see the Microsoft SQL Server Express Web site.