Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 06/07/05 02:00

(aprinsloo@sagetelecom.net) writes:
> Server setup:
> Server with 4 CPU's and 4G of Ram
>
> The server is used as a distributor between a separate publisher and a
> separate subscriber sever.
>
> My question is:
> 1)Can I install Standard edition of SQl Server on the distributor
> server or does it need to be Enterprise. Keeping in mind that the
> servers primary role is to serve as a distributor in a repl
> configuration.
>
> 2)Can I license the server per CAL or does it need to be by CPU. I'm
> thinking I could license it by CAL, so I would only need to purchase a
> couple of CALS for the replication agents that run on the server... is
> this assumption correct?

I can't really answer the questions, and it's really much better
to talk directly to Microsoft about this. Licensing is a difficult
area. Try this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q317428


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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