Benefits of upgrading SQL 7 to 2K

Could someone please let me know the specific 'benefits' of upgrading a SQL 7 system to a 2K? For instance if any of you have done this, did you notice a significant change within your system(s)?
Thanks!!!Well, as an Enterprise solution, 7.0 cannot be reliably clustered. Performance may improve on certain queries, but don't be surprised to see a degradation, though it's pretty rare. The most benefits are for applications that are either being newly developed or the ones that can be modified without infringing your support agreement with your vendor. The reason is added functionality. But if your system needs only backups and occasional reindexing, - don't fix what ain't broke :)|||There are lots of benefits to upgrading and many articles available on the subject...

Here are a few links that will give you some background:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000409

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/whatsnew/wn_whatnew_7im0.asp?frame=true

CPN|||Originally posted by NotAvg1
Could someone please let me know the specific 'benefits' of upgrading a SQL 7 system to a 2K? For instance if any of you have done this, did you notice a significant change within your system(s)?

Thanks!!!

There are a few keywords, functions, etc. that are in 2K that aren't in 7. We have one vendors application that uses some of them, but they are good enough to have an MSDE version that we can use.

I would say that unless you are worried about clustering, or a specific application requires it, I don't think there is enough justification.

Besides I bet a 2K3 or 2K4 version is probably in alpha testing somewhere. That way you could just jump versions.