How To Limit Processors Used (for Licensing Purposes)?
Jul 18, 2007
Is it possible in SQL Server 2005 to limit the number of processors used? For cost reasons, we are consolidating servers and want to start running SQL Server 2005 on one of our dual-processor Win2K3 machines instead of the standalone machine it's currently running on. Because we have about 75 users, it's only cost effective to purchase a processor license (vs. a server license with CALs). But right now we only need and can only afford a single processor license, not two. So...
Is there any way in 2005 to limit the number of processors used so that we only need to purchase one processor license? I know in 2000 you could set this on the "Processor" tab of the "SQL Server Properties" dialog. In 2005, is this accomplished by unchecking the "Processor Affinity" and "I/O Affinity" checkboxes for processor #2 on the "Processors" page of the "Server Properties" dialog? If I uncheck these two options does that fully disable SQL Server 2005 from accessing the second processor in any way? From things I've read I can't tell if it restricts access to the second processor completely or if it just places some limitations on the ways it accesses the second processor.
Also, the licensing information for SQL Server 2005 leads me to believe that if you are going down the "processor licensing" route that you have to buy a processor license for every processor that the OS itself has access to and not just what processors SQL Server has access to. I thought I understood that in SQL Server 2000 the licensing information did allow you to buy a processor license just for each processor that SQL Server 2000 had access to, but has that changed for 2005?
Hope someone can provide some clarification on limiting processor access and the licensing implications for SQL Server 2005.
Hi,Is there a reason why we have to pay more for licensing for a differentkind of processor?Why are we not charged for the Hyperthreading on some processors also.If Oracle is really conserned about the low end business market (smalland medium), then they should drop their attitude on Dual Coreprocessors.If they start charging as if it was a normal processor, and ask thenormal price, then they would get more of this market coming in.As long as Oracle keeps on having the attitude of charging more,because Intel or some other cpu vendor decided to mprove theirprocessors because of overheating problems, I will have the attitudethat I will keep on reoccomending alternatives for Orcle like Mysql /Postgre sql / Sybase, etc to the small/medium sector.Microsoft's pricing model on double core processors suddenly soundallot better.Oracle are shooting themselves in the foot! Or am I the only personfeeling this way?Shaun O'Reilly
I have a server which is using total of 12 cores running an instance of SQL server. I was told to dedicate only 8 cores of CPU to be used by the instance for licensing purposes.
what the best way is to go about limiting CPU cores?
I'm working in a bank and I'm creating a report for my company. I just started learning SQL last month. I hope this forum would help me. Here's my problem:
I have date for the last 6 months. I want to filter current quarter and last quarter data. This means, on the next quarter, the data will automatically moves forward. Is that possible?
I have a DB I want to make a copy of for testing purposes so we don't crash our production DB. I want the new "Test" DB to reside in the same SQL Server Group on the same SQL server. I have tried the Copy DB wizard but it will not allow you to copy the DB to the same server. What is the best way to do this?
TASK: At my work we want to categorize and summarize all our IIS web logs and make statistics from it and such. What I need to do is take the browser type from a certain column in the table. All the information is stored in 1 column, and I figure an instr function would be best to do this. I am new to SQL, so I was told to look up the cursor function. In summary, I want to take all the IIS data and match it up against a defined table and then have a sum function for each browser.
Here are some examples of what the column data looks like: (found in the [csMethod] column
I made a define table which lists an ID (primary key) and instr to search for as well as the full browser name. (define.browser)
DEFINE.BROWSER
ID# INSTR# BROWSER NAME ############################### 1___Opera+7_______Opera 7 2___Opera/9_______Opera 9 3___Safari/_______Safari 4___Firefox/1.0___Mozilla Firefox 1.0 5___Firefox/1.5___Mozilla Firefox 1.5 6___Firefox/2.0___Mozilla Firefox 2.0 7___MSIE+5.5______Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 8___MSIE+5________Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 9___MSIE+6________Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 10___MSIE+7________Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 11_________________OTHER BROWSER
I am having problems getting a cursor to work. Are there any good tutorials out there, or can anyone be of assistance. Thank you in advance.
Hi all, I am using sql server 7 i am having 4 processors in development server. How i have to allocate those servers, means all 4 do i need to allocate to sql only or 3 processors. same like 8 processors in production, how many processors to sql.. pls tell me the way..and how..
At some point, my 4 processors began a cycle of Peaks and Valleys. AFter stopping ALL processes using the SQL server the processors were still doing this Max, then none, Max, then none.
I think the oddest part of this is that all 4 processoers were Exactly the same Peaks/Valleys from my Workstation (perfmon).
Anone had their processors do this? HELP PLEASE.. .
While installing SQL2k I selected a 4 processor liscense aggreement. The server only has two. Does anybody know of a technial reason I should change it back? Can it be done without reinstalling?
Can anyone give any advice to finding db files for testing. CSV files or what have you. I want to have some nice fun and repetitive Transact practice in creating db's and users etc. I have seen some online but I wondered first if anyone here used a site in particular that they could recommend. Would be nice to have files that may be standard (csv) and in another db format that I could use, mix it up some.
Using symmetric keys and certificates in SQL2005, can one assign users permission to only decrypt or encrypt data?
Reason would be say data capturer and data reader type roles. I tried to create some with the GRANT CONTROL and GRANT VIEW for certificates and definitions on Symmetric keys, but havent been to successfull.
Would be great if someone here can offer some advise on it, and if it's possible using SQL rights.
I have been placed in the position of administering our SQL server 6.5 (Microsoft). Being new to SQL and having some knowledge of databases (used to use Foxpro 2.6 for...DOS!) I am faced with an ever increasing table of incoming call information from our Ascend MAX RAS equipment. This table increases by 900,000 records a month. The previous administrator (no longer available) was using a Visual Foxpro 5 application to archive and remove the data older than 60 days. Unfortunately he left and took with him Visual Fox and all of his project files.
My question is this: Is there an easy way to archive then remove the data older than 60 days from the table? I would like to archive it to a tape drive. We need to maintain this archive for the purposes of searching back through customer calls for IP addresses on certain dates and times. We are an ISP, and occasionally need to give this information to law enforcement agencies. So we cannot just delete it.
--Example Schema posted at end of message:---For reporting purposes, I need to build a single comma delimited string ofvalues from the "many" tableof a database.The easiest way to see what I want is to look at the sample after mysignature.By the way, this is actually a busines problem, not homework! I justcreated a simpleexample using class and persons because everyone is familiar with thatrelationship.I have two tables on the 'one' side of the relationship: PERSON and CLASSThe ENROLLMENT table resolves the many to many relationship between PERSONand CLASS.(I know that a real system would be date effective, etc, but this is just asimple example.that will show my problem). ENROLLMENT has one row for each Class in which aPerson is enrolled.Look at the sample report: I have to "flatten" the join result and listthe class titles in acomma delimited string. I am stuck with this reporting requirement, and Iam NOT going to denormalizethe tables.One way to accomplish the result is to use a cursor to step through the rowsand build a "Classes"string with concatenation. I don't much like this option. I am not writingthe front end code,but I want to make it easy for the developer. Ideally, I would like to givehim a flattened viewso he can just do a simple join and run his report.I believe that what I want cannot be accomplished with ANSI SQL. However,does MS SQL have someextensions that could help me do the job? Failing that, how could I write astored procedure that wouldreturn the personID and the "Classes" string in a format that would bejoinable to the other tables?Thanks,Bill MacLeanP.S. Some people like to see actual database scripts as samples instead ofa textual representation.I have pasted in a script that creates sample tables and populates them.--Sample Tables and Reports:TABLE PERSONPersonID LastNM FirstNM--------- ----------- ---------1 Smith John2 Jones Sara3 Smith LucilleTABLE CLASSClassID ClassNM----------- ------------------10 SQL Server 10120 C++25 Object Oriented Design40 Inorganic Chemistry50 Organic Chemistry80 Early Lit.TABLE ENROLLMENTPersonID ClassID-------- ---------1 102 101 401 803 203 25SAMPLE REPORTPerson ID Name Classes--------- ----------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------1 Smith, John SQL Server 101, Inorganic Chemistry,Early Lit.2 Jones, Sara SQL Server 1013 Smith, Lucille C++, Object Oriented Design/************************************************** ********SQL Server Script/************************************************** ********/CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CLASS] ([ClassID] [int] NOT NULL ,[ClassNM] [varchar] (25) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL) ON [PRIMARY]GOCREATE TABLE [dbo].[ENROLLMENT] ([PersonID] [int] NOT NULL ,[ClassID] [int] NOT NULL) ON [PRIMARY]GOCREATE TABLE [dbo].[PERSON] ([PersonID] [int] NOT NULL ,[LastNM] [varchar] (25) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ,[FirstNM] [varchar] (15) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL) ON [PRIMARY]GOALTER TABLE [dbo].[CLASS] WITH NOCHECK ADDCONSTRAINT [PK_CLASS] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED([ClassID]) ON [PRIMARY]GOALTER TABLE [dbo].[ENROLLMENT] WITH NOCHECK ADDCONSTRAINT [PK_ENROLLMENT] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED([PersonID],[ClassID]) ON [PRIMARY]GOALTER TABLE [dbo].[PERSON] WITH NOCHECK ADDCONSTRAINT [PK_PERSON] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED([PersonID]) ON [PRIMARY]GOALTER TABLE [dbo].[ENROLLMENT] ADDCONSTRAINT [FK_ENROLLMENT_CLASS] FOREIGN KEY([ClassID]) REFERENCES [dbo].[CLASS] ([ClassID]),CONSTRAINT [FK_ENROLLMENT_PERSON] FOREIGN KEY([PersonID]) REFERENCES [dbo].[PERSON] ([PersonID])GO-- Insert rwo for each CLASSINSERT INTO CLASS VALUES (10,'SQL Server 101');INSERT INTO CLASS VALUES (20,'C++');INSERT INTO CLASS VALUES (25,'Object Oriented Design');INSERT INTO CLASS VALUES (40,'Inorganic Chemistry');INSERT INTO CLASS VALUES (50,'Organic Chemistry');INSERT INTO CLASS VALUES (80,'Early Lit.');-- Insert row for each PERSONINSERT INTO PERSON VALUES (1, 'Smitn','John');INSERT INTO PERSON VALUES (2, 'Jones','Sara');INSERT INTO PERSON VALUES (3, 'Smith','Lucille');--Insert row for each ENROLLMENTINSERT INTO ENROLLMENT VALUES (1,10);INSERT INTO ENROLLMENT VALUES (1,40);INSERT INTO ENROLLMENT VALUES (1,80);INSERT INTO ENROLLMENT VALUES (2,10);INSERT INTO ENROLLMENT VALUES (3,20);INSERT INTO ENROLLMENT VALUES (3,25);
We have a 200MHz Pentium Pro based machine, with 128MB RAM running SQL Server 6.5. Because of performance issues, we are contemplating an upgrade to a dual 200MHz Pentium Pro processor with 256MB RAM. However, the vendor we are dealing with has suggested an upgrade to a single Pentiun II/333MHz first, and if this still causes problems, then to a dual P II/333MHz. Does anyone have any suggestions from similar upgrades that they may have undergone? We have 72MB allocated to SQL Server.
Hi,I have an application where I need to find out about the followinginformation regarding SQL server:Processors enabledi.Threads allocatedii.PriorityCan somebody throw some light on this. How are the processors relatedto the threads running and the priority is w.r.t. what?Thanks,Verve.
I'm spec up a new server At the minimum I'll specify a quad core cpu. What would be the best way to utilize the cores? Assign a core to specific processes (tempdb?) or let sql server figure out the best way to used the processors it finds?
Can I install SQL Server on a machine and use less than the # of processor on the machine. In a UNIX world, I'd call it LPARing with Oracle and AIX, and they only let me do this with Enterprise Edition. With Windows, I think the only way is using virtual machines and attaching processors to them? Do any vendors offering LPARing? Can I take any edition of SQL Server and subcapacity price so that I only pay for the processors I'm using?
What about SS Express? It only scheds to a single core - so could I put that on a larger machine?
I have what seems a simple requirement. We want to import the contents of a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report into a SQL Server 2005 database, in order to perform some checks on reports displayed to users. Is there an easy way to achieve this? XML would seem appropriate, but I can't find a step-by-step guide on how to achieve this. Any pointers/suggestions would be appreciated.
Yesterday I was looking to the processor usage in the Task Manager of Windows NT when a script of mine was running. The script was an InfoPump Script; which is a tool from the DecisionBase suite from CA (was previously owned by Platinum). This script contains SQL statements that select data from several tables and stores the result into another table. The SQL code used for this looks fine to me. The query was running on a Compaq Proliant 5500 with 4 500 Mhz Xeon processors, 1 GB RAM, NT Server 4, SP 5, RAID 5. The SQL Server is configured to use all resources and SQL has normal priority on NT. When the select part was running al four processors were used for about 75% and when the store happens only 1 processor is used for 100%. Why is the store not spread over all four processors? It only uses one processor and it seems to be a bottleneck.
I have a table ComponentPeriod. In it we have the combination of a component (e.g. A,B,C ) and a period (2014 Q1, 2014 Q2, 2014 January etc)I want the periods to be in descending order (2015 Q4, 2015 Dec, 2015 Nov, 2015 Oct, 2015 Q3 ... etc) and so I need to create a sequential number series to allow this to happen (as we can only order in the client tools by a single column - and so I guess the technique I'm looking for is used a lot to produce these types of "order by" columns)
Which was fine when I was referring to a table where Periods where distinct directly but now I have denormalised this for ComponentPeriod so I need something a little more sophisticated Whats the best way to get a sequence with perhaps some partitions in across a subset of distinct columns (I guess from SUMMARIZE or similar)
even though there may be multiple records in ComponentPeriod that have the period 2015 Q4, but I want them all to have the value Sequence value of 1? I've got as far as:
When Standard Edition says it supports 4 processors, is this just the physical processor or do we have to factor in multiple cores?
If SE supports 4 physical quad-core processors, is it written to optimally utilize the quad-core technology or would I be better off using Enterprise Edition?
We've had a problem for a few months now that has completely stumped us. We are running a heavily cursored massive data manipulation process on a 32 bit SQL Server instance running on a virtual machine, running ontop of VMWare, with the following specs
Processors: 2x2674MHz processors Memory: 4GB RAID 10 disk config
When we run our process on this machine, in total it runs in 30 hours.
When this process is run on another 32 bit server with the following specs
Processors: 8x3658MHx processors Memory: 8 GB SAN w/ RAID 5 disk config
It runs 25% slower
But here is the real kicker. When this process is run on a 64 bit server with the following specs
Processors: 8x3658MHz processors Memory: 8 GB SAN w/ RAID 5 disk config
It runs 75% slower.
This process consists solely of stored procedures written in TSQL. The weird thing is that on our smaller server, the CPUs' % utilization are evenly balanced (at 20-30%) when this large data manipulation process is running. However on the bigger servers, SQL Server latches onto a single processor and doesn't load balance across other processors. Such that what we're seeing is that only one processor out of the eight will be utilized and it will be throttled at 90% while the other 7 are at zero.
The default configuration settings in all three places.
Has anyone ever seen any behavior like this, where only one processor gets used by SQL Server during processing? Granted our processes are single threaded b/c they are using cursors but, it seems that the single thread shouldn't be restricted to one processor.
I created the db with the attached script and I am able to access ituntil I reboot the server. I've tried enabling flag 1807 via the SQLserver service and the startup parameters of the instance. In allcases the database always come up suspect after a reboot. There wasone instance where I was able to recover, but I am not sure how thathappened.Does anyone have an idea of how I can reboot the server without thedatabase becomming suspect?USE MASTERGODBCC TRACEON(1807)GO--DBCC TRACEOFF(1807)--DBCC TRACESTATUS(1807)GOCREATE DATABASE ReadyNAS ON( NAME = ReadyNAS_Data,FILENAME = '\NAS1NASDiskSQL ServerReadyNASReadyNAS_Data.mdf',SIZE = 100MB,MAXSIZE = 20GB,FILEGROWTH = 20MB)LOG ON ( NAME = ReadyNAS_Log,FILENAME = '\NAS1NASDiskSQL ServerReadyNASReadyNAS_Log.ldf',SIZE = 20MB,MAXSIZE = 100MB,FILEGROWTH = 10MB)
Is there a way to get Licensing information(product key) off an installed version of SQL Server 2005? Most Microsoft Software has the product key in the about dialog box, but SQL Server doesn't have this anywhere. Thanks,
I'm going crazy trying to find out the license deal for SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition. It seems that here (in the UK) the Developer edition exists and you can buy it but, Micrisoft (UK) and various resellers etc don't know the licensing deal!!!
Now, i've read a snippet somewhere about the developer edition that for a fixed price of around $499 you get a server license limited to 8 connections and you don't have to buy any CALs! However my reseller thinks that you still have to buy CALs up to maximum of 8? Well, i don't think so!!
We are about to deploy an application that uses SQL Server 7.0. Enterprise edition running on a dual processor machine. We expect a maximum concurrent usage of about 500 users, normally about 150/200. Could anyone advise me what the cheapest license arrangement would be, I've had conflicting views from Microsoft and two third party software suppliers? We intend to use the machine in future for other applications but as yet have very little idea of usage. Joe
Can any one please clear my confusion. when we install 2000 it always give option ofr licence (processor or per seat) but i installed 2005 couple of times but can' see any option in whole installation about type of licenscing. any one have any idea where and how to choose type of licence for SQL Server 2005.
Web Server = Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition running IIS
All the website hosted on this server will be available to the public.
Question 1.How do i licenses Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition? Question 2.Do i need a CAL for every single person browsing to any of the websites hosted on the above server. As far as i know you can not get a PER CPU license for Windows 2003 Server, is this true. Question 3. Where would a CAL be required. Question 4. How about remote desktop to the above server? that requires a CAL.
