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These are critical features for large databases and we must opt for that edition. In SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition we have features like database snapshots, data compression,table partitioning,resource governor. Now I would like to talk about the various editions and their hardware related license limits that could affect your hardware selection decisions e.g the processor selection and how many cores it has. Your organisation can have different arrangements with Microsoft.In any case you can always have a look at the Microsoft License Advisor tool. There is a minimum of 4 core lisenses required for each virtual machine. If you have a virtualised environment you must license the virtual core in each virtual machine.
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The cost is $898.00 per server, plus CALs which is $209.00 per CAL. In SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition you can pick the licensing model that fits your needs.You can go for c ore-based which is $1793.00 per core. The absolute minimum is four-core per socket.Īlternatively you can go with S erver license plus CALs. This is $8592.00 per server, plus CALs which is $209 per CAL. You have to pay a Server license plus CALs. In SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Edition the licensing system is different. The absolute minimum is four-core per socket. In SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition we have a core-based licensing system. Logical cores is a term that refers to hyper-threading,meaning we can have logical cores from each physical core. The new licensing model that is based on physical cores not logical ones. Some people are confused with the term logical core. For example you can have one socket with one processor that has four cores. Multi-core is a physical processor that has many cores in it. A physical socket is what sits on the motherboard.This is where the processor fits. Please note that there is no datacenter and workgroup edition in SQL Server 2012 version.īefore I go on I would like you to note that there is not a socket licensing anymore. I will start by talking about the various license costs per SQL Server 2012 editions.
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In this post i will shed some light on this issue. In a recent seminar I gave regarding SQL Server 2012 I was asked to clear a few things regarding SQL Server 2012 editions and their license options/pricing. SQL Server 2012 Editions, License options and hardware limits NovemPosted by fofo in Sql Server, SQL Server 2012.