Which edition of Microsoft SQL Server should I use?

When deciding which edition of Microsoft SQL Server to use with Venafi Trust Protection Platform—Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise or Standard Edition—carefully review the following table:

Considerations for choosing which Microsoft SQL Server Edition to use with Trust Protection Platform
Use Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition (Recommended) if you want	Use Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition if you want
Automated database maintenance	Manual database maintenance
Automated indexing operations TIP The performance of index operations online is a major benefit of using Microsoft SQL Enterprise Edition. The Enterprise Edition allows the database to perform maintenance tasks automatically without requiring the database be taken offline.	Manual indexing operations IMPORTANT Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition only lets you rebuild and reorganize indexes—a recommended weekly task performed manually—and requires that you take your database server offline, which results in an outage of Venafi Platform.
Support for all three on-premise levels: Level 1: Minimum requirements for up to 50k active certificates and 1k SSH servers Level 2: Minimum requirements for up to 250k active certificates and 5k SSH servers Level 3: Minimum requirements for up to 1M active certificates and 20k SSH servers For more information about levels, see Locally Hosted MSSQL Requirements.	Support for two of the three available levels: Level 1: Minimum requirements for up to 50k active certificates and 1k SSH servers Level 2: Minimum requirements for up to 250k active certificates and 5k SSH servers For more information about levels, see Locally Hosted MSSQL Requirements.