samsmithnz
Senior Contributor
We probably have close to 50 instances of SQL Servers at work here, and we license them per processor. Recently we brought a whole new batch of servers, and they all have dual-processors with Hyperthreading.
(Hyperthreading is a new gimic that tricks your computer into thinking that each processor is actually two. Whether or not the one processor can actually run two processors simliatously is another question for another day)
Here's my question. Now that we're installed these new servers, are our license costs going to double? Its the software that registers the product and looks at the number of processors.....
(Hyperthreading is a new gimic that tricks your computer into thinking that each processor is actually two. Whether or not the one processor can actually run two processors simliatously is another question for another day)
Here's my question. Now that we're installed these new servers, are our license costs going to double? Its the software that registers the product and looks at the number of processors.....