October 25, 2010 at 6:14 am
Hello everybody,
I had a conference today, where I had a suggestion to save old data to a different database on the same SQL Server. Then a SQL specialist told me that this technically can be done, but it would take a lot of money to add a new database.
Now, I do no have many knowledge of the license structure of SQL Server (2008). but I always believed that it has 2 license sturcture, by processor or CAL, or am I wrong? Basically, is there a license structure I'm not aware of?
Hope you can help me in this dilemma
October 25, 2010 at 7:26 am
You're correct. Licensing is per socket or per cal, not per database.
Maybe he meant something else would cost, development changes or the like?
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
October 25, 2010 at 8:23 am
I agree with Gail, no additional licensing cost. It's possible that the person is thinking of Oracle, or some other platform. Or thinking that a separate instance is needed for a second database.
October 25, 2010 at 9:33 am
Erik Wolters (10/25/2010)
but it would take a lot of money to add a new database.
Unless Erik's thinking of Azure...perhaps? 🙂
October 25, 2010 at 10:07 am
Unless there was a miscommunication on the specs.
Maybe the consultant wanted to add a new archive server because the current prod server is near capacity. In which case, then yes you'd need another license.
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