http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/highlights/multicore.mspx
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/19/2257248&tid=109&tid=185&t
id=98&tid=218
"On October 19, 2004, Microsoft announced that its server software that
is currently licensed on a per-processor model will continue to be
licensed on a per-processor, and not on a per-core, model." (first link)
As humorous insights would suggest...
They probably can't tell how many cores there are on a chip anyways...
Or...
They figure that once longhorn comes out and you need 1 core designated
to their os just to boot up they won't charge you for it!
-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Thomas P. Carter
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 3:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Multicore servers
I think that XP comes licensed for up to two processors; Server
2000/2003 are licensed for up to quad processors. I don't know how
they'll count multicore machines, but I recon they won't care whether
it's in two chips or one; dual-processors will be counted as two either
way.
Thomas P. Carter, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1322
-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Orion Smith
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:34 PM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] Multicore servers
I've been reading a lot about how nice multicore processors are for
business
apps on desktops and how nice they will be for servers. Microsoft
recently
came out and said they would allow single-processor licenses to operate
across multiple processor cores. Seems like someone could get a lot of
use
from a P4 Extreme Edition with HT (4 quasi-parallel units) by creating a
cheap workgroup/Web server out of it. I know Intel and AMD are/will be
releasing server versions of their multicore CPUs, but have consistently
found reliable servers using desktop processors to be far less
expensive.
Since my program's needs aren't huge but would definitely take advantage
of
parallel processing, cheap is good - has anyone else investigated this
angle? Companies probably won't be selling this type of machine for a
few
months, but it just sounds like a big win for the small fry server
market.
-Orion
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