SODA is not coke
Was on the look for scaling out options for SQL server 2005, not clustering, not scaling up using 8/16 Proc servers, just scale out, distribute the load sort of speak. Found this interesting one covering SODA, nah not coke its Service Oriented Data Architecture.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/sqlsoda.mspx
interestingly kills all the questions regarding why would anybody host CLR/Services in DB, reminds me of Oracle approach which is not very nice bed time story!
Kal