In place SQL 2008 upgrade vs. Side by side?

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Published on 2010-04-21T12:48:43Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 12:53 UTC
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I have a SQL 2005 Std edition server with 5 databases in production, 4 db's are used by web-based apps the 5th is a desktop application. My question is should I perform an in-place upgrade or a side-by-side by creating an sql2008 instance on the same box?

The machine is a VM on vmware and I'm planning on taking a snapshot before the upgrade and having a 'blackout' window during the upgrade so that I could roll back to the snapshot if things go really bad.

Any previous experience and advice is appreciated.

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