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Articles are always an issue with acronyms. The ones that are often
sounded out are most heinous.
Personally I would either use "an" or work around it. "... a single SQL
server instance..."
There is no guarantee that anyone will sound out the acronym and
pronounce it "sequel". I have been writing databases on and off since
1988 (ouch) and never liked that pronunciation. There are too many
other "sequels" (including database products from the late 80s when I
was young and impressionable). Personally I think pronouncing acronyms
is usually a bad idea. Professionally I think it is *definitely* a bad
idea, especially in an era of wide internationalization.
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