Hey all, long time.
Just had a conversation with my purchasing guy, who's been doing this for decades the conversation came up about Server licensing, 1 Socket or 2 (or 400) and the core count.
Can someone refresh my memory on the specifics of this.
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I would eat my hat, but I could've sworn the licensing is every core and socket (using Standard licensing) needs to be licensed with a Core-Pack (16 core minimum) and the Server Standard license.
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He's under the impression that you only need to purchase 1 Server Standard license and the core-pack to cover the spread of those cores.
Microsoft's licensing seems to indicate that its a Per Socket with a Core Rider, as indicated here.
HPE has some tool which indicates the inverse here