Dual Quad Core vs 4 Dual Core Performance

We like the idea of Dual Quad Cores 'cos now you can license SQL for 2
physical sockets as opposed to 4 if we were going with 4 dual core chips. Am
I right there from a licnensing perspective ?
Also what other differences should I be aware of especially from a
performance standpoint ? I would think they should both be similar..
ThanksRegarding to the licensing, you pay for license for each physical CPU
socket. You don't need separate licenses for each core.
Ekrem nsoy
"Hassan" <hassan@.test.com> wrote in message
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> We like the idea of Dual Quad Cores 'cos now you can license SQL for 2
> physical sockets as opposed to 4 if we were going with 4 dual core chips.
> Am I right there from a licnensing perspective ?
> Also what other differences should I be aware of especially from a
> performance standpoint ? I would think they should both be similar..
> Thanks
>
>|||Dear Hassan,
Your reasoning appears to be correct. You want to cram as many cores/cpu
power per socket if you are going with a per processor based licensing
scheme. A quad core or better CPU is what you would want to fully exploit
SQL Server licensing!
Regards,
James Simpson
Straightway Technologies Inc.|||At the high-end of the performance spectrum you should get better
performance (especially for large-data-volume queries) with a quad dual core
arrangement. This does assume that you have sufficiently capable I/O
subsystem bolted up to the server.
Kevin G. Boles
TheSQLGuru
Indicium Resources, Inc.
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"Hassan" <hassan@.test.com> wrote in message
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> We like the idea of Dual Quad Cores 'cos now you can license SQL for 2
> physical sockets as opposed to 4 if we were going with 4 dual core chips.
> Am I right there from a licnensing perspective ?
> Also what other differences should I be aware of especially from a
> performance standpoint ? I would think they should both be similar..
> Thanks
>
>|||If you are saying that four dual-core sockets would give you better
performance than two quad-core sockets, I doubt it. I understand your
reasoning. But the technology progres is such that you generally get better
overall system configurations with newer processors. In other words, you may
find quad-core-socket servers come with better chipsets and PCI-E slots, and
so on.
Linchi
"TheSQLGuru" wrote:

> At the high-end of the performance spectrum you should get better
> performance (especially for large-data-volume queries) with a quad dual co
re
> arrangement. This does assume that you have sufficiently capable I/O
> subsystem bolted up to the server.
> --
> Kevin G. Boles
> TheSQLGuru
> Indicium Resources, Inc.
> kgboles a earthlink dt net
>
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