May 27, 2012 at 10:25 am
I'm trying to determine an accurate estimate of the cost of SQL Server 2008 R2 x64.
The Microsoft sites direct you to 2012 so that makes it a little more difficult to get pricing information for 2008. We are early on in the development phase of a major project. I believe that SP1 will be out way before the project goes live and I have been trying to make a case to go straight to 2012 as opposed to 2008 and then run the risk and cost of an upgrade.
At one site I got the following price but not any additional information about additional CALS or
Enterprise $28,749 $13,969 with 25 CALs.
What is the cost for additional Cals?
What is the cost per processor?
When I go to this Server and look at computer Properties it list 2 processors but if in SQL Server when I click on the Processor Tab I get two Numa nodes with a total of 16 Processor (or cores).
I thought that in SQL Server 2008 unlike SQL Server 2012 you get charged per physical Processor>
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May 28, 2012 at 1:25 am
You can go on http://www.microsoft.com/store to get MS's current list price.
UK price for 2008 R2 Enterprise is
1 CPU is £23,850,
Server + 25 CALS is £10,780
CAL's arn't listed but from what I remember they are around £150 each.
Yes in 2008/R2 it is per socket so you would need 2 CPU licenses.
You could purchase SA with your licenses which will give you an upgrade to 2012 should you upgrade within your SA agreement phase, but for each CPU license you have, you only get 4 core licenses for 2012, so you will need to find out if your running 2 CPU, 4 Cores, Hyperthreaded (total 16 cores) or if your running 2 CPU, 8 Cores (total 8 physical cores, 16 logical cores), as if its the latter, you will need to purchase more 2012 licenses when you upgrade.
So its a case of weighing up what will be the better option, purchase 2008R2 with SA and then purchase additional 2012 licenses on upgrade, or just go right out and purchase 2012.
I know with 2008 if you purchased via the volume licensing you could purchase 2008 but install 2005 or 2000 instead. I haven't seen any information on this for 2012, but if you speak to your Microsoft reseller they should be able to advise on this and also give you the current prices.
May 28, 2012 at 3:28 am
If you want to buy retail then you may still find shrinkwrapped version of older versions of SQL Server. The license terms will apply to the version you buy and you have no upgrade rights.
If you want to use any form of volume licensing (VL) then the costs for SQL 2012 are the ones you will have to pay. You can install any older version of SQL Server using downgrade rights, but to be compliant with your volume license terms they have to be treated in the same way as SQL 2012.
For example, if you buy a VL copy of SQL 2012 with a license to run it on 4 cores (Hyperthread cores are not counted), then you can run any previous version of SQL Server on a Windows instance that has 4 cores. If you want to run SQL 2008 R2 on a Windows instance that has 8 cores, then you will need to license all 8 cores, EVEN IF YOU SET PROCESSOR AFFINITY TO ONLY USE 4 CORES! The per-socket licensing that used to apply for SQL 2008 R2 is no longer available under any new or renewed VL agreement.
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