[dba-SQLServer] CAL aware software

Hello John,

I am really curious what feature of MS SQL Server you need that would force
you to have to use the pay editions.  I know that there are lots of
features, but to date, I usually find that Express version works fine.
 There are plenty of utilities available to assist with administration
functions including backs etc.

thanks

Mark



On 21 December 2010 15:11, Martin Reid <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk> wrote:

> John
>
> It was my understanding that CALs are per user not per connection. We use
> processor licences instead. You need one per processor.
>
> Martin
>
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> Subject: [dba-SQLServer] CAL aware software
>
> I am trying to understand the CAL requirements of Microsoft's Windows 2008
> Server and SQL Server 2008.  The way I understand it, you buy CALs for each
> simultaneous connection. Server software gets rather expensive once you buy
> the software itself and then 30 or more CALs for the OS as well as for SQL
> Server.
>
> Do any of you spend time worrying about how to minimize the effect of the
> database on CAL utilization?  For example do linked tables count differently
> than ado disconnected recordsets?
> Linked tables are connected from the time the person opens access to the
> time they close it as opposed to disconnected recordsets where a connection
> is made just long enough to get the data.
> Would the user be legally "connected" even though the application used
> disconnected recordsets?
>
> Any thoughts on how all this applies to CAL requirements.
>
> --
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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