InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comFri, 24 May 2013 12:17:23 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1375251-1549-1.aspx[quote][b]uncle_boris (10/22/2012)[/b][hr]thanks for the reply -- SQL 2008 -- therefore I was incorrect in suggesting the licensing has changed for this edition of SQL[/quote]Licensing did change at 2008 and 2008 R2 but not for the reason you specifiedMon, 22 Oct 2012 03:35:19 GMTPerry Whittlehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1375251-1549-1.aspx[Is their any difference in clustering -- performance, setup admin etc between having a 2 Node Cluster using SQL 2008 Std edition or SQL 2008 Enterprise edition.]Yes."Fast Recovery" in Enterprise Edition.Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:50:06 GMTSQL Showhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1375251-1549-1.aspxthanks for the reply -- SQL 2008 -- therefore I was incorrect in suggesting the licensing has changed for this edition of SQLMon, 22 Oct 2012 00:28:56 GMTuncle_borishttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1375251-1549-1.aspx[quote][b]uncle_boris (10/21/2012)[/b][hr]Is their any difference in clustering -- performance, setup admin etc between having a 2 Node Cluster using SQL 2008 Std edition or SQL 2008 Enterprise edition.[/quote]Not as such, you wont have all the enterprise features, so i suppose you could say mirroring performance could be hit as you're restricted to using full safety.[quote][b]uncle_boris (10/21/2012)[/b][hr]I understand Enterprise has a lot of other features that may help with high availability etc but it is a very expensive product that requires a big monetary outlay for a small company.The company wants high availability so I am seeing if it could be done on the cheaper STD licensing and run the same as Enterprise (2 node limit I know)?[/quote]Should it be on the cheap though??One option you could explore is a 3rd party cluster software which will enable you to reduce the Windows server licences to Standard edition and will also allow more than 2 nodes in the cluster. Veritas Cluster Server is an extremely good product, you do then of course have the cost of the VCS licences to consider.[quote][b]uncle_boris (10/21/2012)[/b][hr]I could be wrong but I think MS have changed the licensing for Enterprise from per processor to x amount for the first n cores in a processor and y amount for any cores over that??thanks[/quote]The licensing you refer to is for SQL Server 2012, are you using 2008 or 2012?Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:01:00 GMTPerry Whittlehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1375251-1549-1.aspxIs their any difference in clustering -- performance, setup admin etc between having a 2 Node Cluster using SQL 2008 Std edition or SQL 2008 Enterprise edition.I understand Enterprise has a lot of other features that may help with high availability etc but it is a very expensive product that requires a big monetary outlay for a small company.The company wants high availability so I am seeing if it could be done on the cheaper STD licensing and run the same as Enterprise (2 node limit I know)?I could be wrong but I think MS have changed the licensing for Enterprise from per processor to x amount for the first n cores in a processor and y amount for any cores over that??thanksSun, 21 Oct 2012 23:40:04 GMTuncle_boris