September 10, 2008 at 7:51 am
If a company wanted to purchase a processor license for SQL Server 2005 Standard edition and they had two 2.6GHz Intel Xeon Dual Core Processors, would they need to purchase two licenses?
Thank you.
Roger
September 10, 2008 at 7:53 am
Yes.
David
@SQLTentmaker“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” - Jim Elliot
September 10, 2008 at 8:02 am
I guess I could have them buy the basic SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition and then add CALs to it instead of the going the two processor route?
September 10, 2008 at 8:08 am
That depends on how your clients are going to be connecting to the instance. If you working with a fixed set of client connections within your firewall then CAL's should be fine, however if you are working with an unknown then per processor should be your consideration.
A good review for 2000 is here but it is still applicable as well - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/reskit/part2/c0461.mspx
David
@SQLTentmaker“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” - Jim Elliot
September 10, 2008 at 8:10 am
Be sure to do a cost analysis. How many users will be accessing data from the server. Think potential numbers, not maximum concurrent users, as Microsoft does not license based on maximum number of concurrent users. Each user or device that accesses the server needs to be licensed.
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