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A company named Contoso, Ltd. plans to install Microsoft SQL Server on the physical servers shown in the following table. [Table: ServerName, Configuration (Server1: Four processors that each have…
Solution: SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition uses a core-based licensing model. All physical cores on the server must be licensed, with a minimum of four core licenses required for each physical processor (even if a processor has fewer than 4 cores, it requires 4 core licenses…
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Question
A company named Contoso, Ltd. plans to install Microsoft SQL Server on the physical servers shown in the following table. [Table: ServerName, Configuration (Server1: Four processors that each have two cores, Server2: Four processors that each have four cores, Server3: Four processors that each have eight cores)] Contoso needs to acquire SQL Server 2016 Enterprise licenses for the servers. How many licenses should be assigned to each server? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation
Solution: SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition uses a core-based licensing model. All physical cores on the server must be licensed, with a minimum of four core licenses required for each physical processor (even if a processor has fewer than 4 cores, it requires 4 core licenses, but here all processors have 2, 4 or 8 cores so it's straightforward).
Calculations:
- Server1: Four processors * two cores/processor = 8 physical cores. Needs 8 core licenses.
- Server2: Four processors * four cores/processor = 16 physical cores. Needs 16 core licenses.
- Server3: Four processors * eight cores/processor = 32 physical cores. Needs 32 core licenses.
Answer Mapping:
- Server1: 8
- Server2: 16
- Server3: 32
Topics
#SQL Server licensing#core-based licensing#SQL Server 2016 Enterprise#per-core calculation
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