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The article mentions their 8 core Xeon running SQL server only cost $5,000 in licensing... Either the article is wrong or they haven't appropriately licensed th
by icey 18y ago
The article mentions their 8 core Xeon running SQL server only cost $5,000 in licensing... Either the article is wrong or they haven't appropriately licensed their SQL server. Microsoft is pretty explicit that for web-facing applications you must use per-processor licensing. Which would mean the licensing on that server should have cost $40,000 for SQL Server Standard edition.
- icey 18y agoUgh, I shouldn't post before I've had my morning coffee. Microsoft's licensing policy is per processor, not per core. Please disregard my statement above. (I'm off to distribute some corrective lashings now.)