Well, no, not actually. Windows Server (various editions) are licensed for a
maximum number of sockets, XP and Vista are licensed for a maximum number of
sockets, etc. In the case of these other OSs, they will simply ignore any
sockets they aren't licensed for, and I don't _think_ they'll refuse to
load. But they are licensed for a specific maximum number of sockets. There
are other limits (such as maximum RAM ) that are dependent on the edition of
the OS, but the OP was concerned about core v. CPU socket. And for that, we
don't count cores. We count sockets.
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"Alexander Ortha [MS]" <alexor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Just Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition is licensed per CPU socket.
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> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@xxxxxx> schrieb im
> Newsbeitrag news:%23xLwmNsmJHA.4028@xxxxxx Quote:
>> all Microsoft OS licensing is per socket.
>>
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>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
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>> "Lisa" <Lisa@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:C31EF118-1F7A-4867-B174-3483D91CFFC1@xxxxxx Quote:
>>>I want to put approximately 30 Windows server loads on a cluster of 3
>>> hosts. That's about 8 Windows Enterprise licenses. If I can get 3
>>> Datacenter licenses, that sounds like it could be a win, and I would
>>> have the right to add more instances for testing. But I'm not certain
>>> how Datacenter licensing interacts with multicore and multiple processor
>>> configurations. I know Vmware licensing is per-socket, so a
>>> dual-processor Xeon host requires the same licensing as a dual quad-core
>>> i7 host.
>> >