Help Deciding an AV solution

Greetings all,
General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
for SQL . . . any help?
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DavidHi
In general the AV software on your server is decided by the company security
policy rather than having a multitude of different products. You may have
bulk licences to cover all servers. Server versions of AV products may differ
also from Client versions.
Guidelines can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422/en-us
"dkon" wrote:
> Greetings all,
> General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
> for SQL . . . any help?
> --
> David|||Thanks for the info John.
I was just wondering if anyone had seen performance hits from one app to
another, as I am currently lucky enough to be able to choose which AV
solution to go with.
--
David
"John Bell" wrote:
> Hi
> In general the AV software on your server is decided by the company security
> policy rather than having a multitude of different products. You may have
> bulk licences to cover all servers. Server versions of AV products may differ
> also from Client versions.
> Guidelines can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422/en-us
> "dkon" wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
> > for SQL . . . any help?
> > --
> > David|||Hi
If set up correctly most AV software should not have too much of an impact.
The main cause of performance issues tends to be filter drivers slowing down
the I/O.
John
"dkon" wrote:
> Thanks for the info John.
> I was just wondering if anyone had seen performance hits from one app to
> another, as I am currently lucky enough to be able to choose which AV
> solution to go with.
> --
> David
>
> "John Bell" wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > In general the AV software on your server is decided by the company security
> > policy rather than having a multitude of different products. You may have
> > bulk licences to cover all servers. Server versions of AV products may differ
> > also from Client versions.
> >
> > Guidelines can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422/en-us
> >
> > "dkon" wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings all,
> > >
> > > General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
> > > for SQL . . . any help?
> > > --
> > > David|||John, thanks for the response.
Understood. I was just wondering if anyone had seen differences, as my boss
said he thought Symantec slowed SQL down as compared to McAfee . . . .
--
David
"John Bell" wrote:
> Hi
> If set up correctly most AV software should not have too much of an impact.
> The main cause of performance issues tends to be filter drivers slowing down
> the I/O.
> John
> "dkon" wrote:
> > Thanks for the info John.
> >
> > I was just wondering if anyone had seen performance hits from one app to
> > another, as I am currently lucky enough to be able to choose which AV
> > solution to go with.
> > --
> > David
> >
> >
> > "John Bell" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > In general the AV software on your server is decided by the company security
> > > policy rather than having a multitude of different products. You may have
> > > bulk licences to cover all servers. Server versions of AV products may differ
> > > also from Client versions.
> > >
> > > Guidelines can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422/en-us
> > >
> > > "dkon" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Greetings all,
> > > >
> > > > General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
> > > > for SQL . . . any help?
> > > > --
> > > > David|||Hi
If configured incorrectly both can slow SQL Server down.
Some people seem to have their favourites.
I would not accept a blanket statement without justification and/or
validation.
John
"dkon" wrote:
> John, thanks for the response.
> Understood. I was just wondering if anyone had seen differences, as my boss
> said he thought Symantec slowed SQL down as compared to McAfee . . . .
> --
> David
>
> "John Bell" wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > If set up correctly most AV software should not have too much of an impact.
> > The main cause of performance issues tends to be filter drivers slowing down
> > the I/O.
> >
> > John
> >
> > "dkon" wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the info John.
> > >
> > > I was just wondering if anyone had seen performance hits from one app to
> > > another, as I am currently lucky enough to be able to choose which AV
> > > solution to go with.
> > > --
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > "John Bell" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > In general the AV software on your server is decided by the company security
> > > > policy rather than having a multitude of different products. You may have
> > > > bulk licences to cover all servers. Server versions of AV products may differ
> > > > also from Client versions.
> > > >
> > > > Guidelines can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422/en-us
> > > >
> > > > "dkon" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Greetings all,
> > > > >
> > > > > General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
> > > > > for SQL . . . any help?
> > > > > --
> > > > > David|||ok
thanks
--
David
"John Bell" wrote:
> Hi
> If configured incorrectly both can slow SQL Server down.
> Some people seem to have their favourites.
> I would not accept a blanket statement without justification and/or
> validation.
> John
> "dkon" wrote:
> > John, thanks for the response.
> >
> > Understood. I was just wondering if anyone had seen differences, as my boss
> > said he thought Symantec slowed SQL down as compared to McAfee . . . .
> > --
> > David
> >
> >
> > "John Bell" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > If set up correctly most AV software should not have too much of an impact.
> > > The main cause of performance issues tends to be filter drivers slowing down
> > > the I/O.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > "dkon" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the info John.
> > > >
> > > > I was just wondering if anyone had seen performance hits from one app to
> > > > another, as I am currently lucky enough to be able to choose which AV
> > > > solution to go with.
> > > > --
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "John Bell" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > In general the AV software on your server is decided by the company security
> > > > > policy rather than having a multitude of different products. You may have
> > > > > bulk licences to cover all servers. Server versions of AV products may differ
> > > > > also from Client versions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Guidelines can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309422/en-us
> > > > >
> > > > > "dkon" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Greetings all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
> > > > > > for SQL . . . any help?
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > David|||"dkon" <dkon@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:119E80D6-6862-4519-B168-14A3445B3033@.microsoft.com...
> Greetings all,
> General question: I'm used to Symantec, but my boos says McAfee is better
> for SQL . . . any help?
> --
> David
I wouldn't really care since I wouldn't use either on the database files.
(in fact in many environments, I might not use any).
Greg Moore
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