Licence Question

[aprinsloo]

Server setup:
Server with 4 CPU's and 4G of Ram

The server is used as a distributor between a separate publisher and a
separate subscriber sever.

My question is:
1)Can I install Standard edition of SQl Server on the distributor
server or does it need to be Enterprise. Keeping in mind that the
servers primary role is to serve as a distributor in a repl
configuration.

2)Can I license the server per CAL or does it need to be by CPU. I'm
thinking I could license it by CAL, so I would only need to purchase a
couple of CALS for the replication agents that run on the server... is
this assumption correct?

Thx in advance.

[Erland Sommarskog]

(ap*******@sagetelecom.net) writes:

Server setup:
Server with 4 CPU's and 4G of Ram

The server is used as a distributor between a separate publisher and a
separate subscriber sever.

My question is:
1)Can I install Standard edition of SQl Server on the distributor
server or does it need to be Enterprise. Keeping in mind that the
servers primary role is to serve as a distributor in a repl
configuration.

2)Can I license the server per CAL or does it need to be by CPU. I'm
thinking I could license it by CAL, so I would only need to purchase a
couple of CALS for the replication agents that run on the server... is
this assumption correct?

I can't really answer the questions, and it's really much better
to talk directly to Microsoft about this. Licensing is a difficult
area. Try this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q317428
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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

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