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Hi,

 

When installing Commserve a SQL Server is installed too. There is a license limitation for SQL Server as per documentation:

For SQL Server 2019, the license is limited to 4 sockets or 24 cores, whichever is less.

https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/132365_commserve_server_system_requirements_linux.html

Customer wants to reuse existing hardware and to install Commserve Server role on it. This server has a processor with 32 cores on it. It is my understanding that SQL Server will be limited to 24 cores, but would this be a license violation to install it on a machine with more then 24 cores? What can we expect?

 

Regards

This is a limitation for the Standard edition of SQL 2019 that our software provides.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/editions-and-components-of-sql-server-2019?view=sql-server-ver16

No license violation, SQL will use just 24 cores of the total 32 that the machine provides.

 

 

This is great news, thanks!

Hi Robert,

 

As Ledoesp has mentioned, you will not incur into any limitations. SQL will use a total of 24Cores (or 4 Sockets, whatever is reached first), the remaining CPU resources will not be used for SQL, but will be still utilized for other system operations outside SQL

 

Having said that, I have seen environments so big and busy that development has requested to increase the number of Cores assigned to SQL over 24, in that case the customer must provide their own SQL Server Enterprise License to go above the 24Cores licensing limitation impose by SQL Standard, but this kind of environments are definitely not the norm.

I love hearing about edge cases, lots to learn from them 😊

Your input is greatly appreciated!

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