Dual processor Quad Core Quad Processor?

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OK, building servers here. Licensing costs a lot of money. Standard
2003 r2 supports 8 smp processors, Enterprise windows 2003 r2 supports
16.

Does that mean if I have 4 - quad core processors, Windows Standard is
not an option as this will equate to 16 cores?

Also what happens on XP Pro when you run a Quad core and it only
supports a dual processor?
 
Re: Dual processor Quad Core Quad Processor?

No, licensing is per processor not per core. Multicore processors count
as 1 processor. If you run XP on a quad core you will have 4 processors
showing in device manager. In Server 2003 Standard you will be able
to use 4 Quad Cores and you should see 16 processors in the Device
Manager. If you put 8 quad cores in a Server 2003 Enterprise box you
should (at least in theory) have 32 virtual processors! Of course, I
haven't ever seen such a machine, let alone work on one so I don't know
if the Device Manager will see all those processors, according to
Microsoft it should.

Multicore Processor Licensing
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/highlights/multicore.mspx

Comparison of Windows Server 2003 Editions
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...41e9-4388-8d7d-7430ec4cc4221033.mspx?mfr=true

John

Jeff wrote:

> OK, building servers here. Licensing costs a lot of money. Standard
> 2003 r2 supports 8 smp processors, Enterprise windows 2003 r2 supports
> 16.
>
> Does that mean if I have 4 - quad core processors, Windows Standard is
> not an option as this will equate to 16 cores?
>
> Also what happens on XP Pro when you run a Quad core and it only
> supports a dual processor?
>
 
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