RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
We have a new Sun x4600 box: 8-way quad-core (for 32 cores) for testing - it uses the new AMD Barcelona CPUs. :-) Cheers Ken From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 2:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-16 Thread Ziots, Edward
Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores,

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-16 Thread Ziots, Edward
-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions Wouldn't RAM come into play also? Are you going to be able to put in enough RAM wit

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-16 Thread Ziots, Edward
: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions Windows Server works on the sockets in the machine. Not the cores. If you have one/two/four physical sockets, it doesn't matter how many cores each CPU has - you need to use the ve

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Ken Schaefer
Message- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 1:15 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions > > Again I got the licensing stuff down, I need to know physically what > Windows wi

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Joe Heaton
o: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions Windows will use all available cores, regardless of the version. If you have dual quad cores, it's still only two processors, and that's what defines the Windows version you buy, even though windows s

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Michael . Leone
"Ziots, Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/15/2008 12:41:56 PM: > LOL try a Quad Quad Core with 32GB of RAM, that is sic :) I do. :-) In an active-active SQL cluster, at that (HP DL580 G5s). And we have another one coming in, do run some sort of SAS Business Intelligence software (not real

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Jim Majorowicz
It will see 8 and use 8. Same goes for the 16. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions Again I got the licensing stuff down, I need to

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Ziots, Edward
Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions I just put together a dual quad core SQL server with 8 GB RAM running SQL 2005.. dang! -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Ziots, Edward
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions Windows will use all available cores, regardless of the version. If you have dual quad cores, it's still only two processors, and that's what defines the Windows version you buy, even though windows sees 8 proce

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Jacob
I have a dual quad core running windows 2003 standard. MSINFO32 and task manager show 8 cpus. All 8 CPUs are being used. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Jacob
I just put together a dual quad core SQL server with 8 GB RAM running SQL 2005.. dang! -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions Correct. We

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Jacob
Same thing I been told also.. based on physical processors. -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions I have had one Microsoft Licensing

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
e MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions So basically if I am reading you correctly, if I had Dual

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Ziots, Edward
, 2008 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions It will utilize based on SOCKETS. If you have a quad-core two processor machine, that's still SQL standard. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143760(SQL.100).aspx -start quote

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
o: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions Again I got the licensing stuff down, I need to know physically what Windows will see, and utilize. I am getting more and more Quad-Core (2 and 4 Processor) machines and I want to make sure that I am ordering and sp

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Ziots, Edward
. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Joe Heaton
, 2008 8:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions I have had one Microsoft Licensing person tell me, not put in writing or email that it is based on the Physical Processor. Not the number of cores on that processor, so 4 quad core processors are

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Ziots, Edward
t: RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions I have had one Microsoft Licensing person tell me, not put in writing or email that it is based on the Physical Processor. Not the number of cores on that processor, so 4 quad core processors are still only a 4-processor system for licensing purposes.

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Michael B. Smith
No. Windows licensing cares about SOCKETS, not cores. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Processor Cores,

RE: Processor Cores, and Windows Version questions

2008-05-15 Thread Terry Dickson
I have had one Microsoft Licensing person tell me, not put in writing or email that it is based on the Physical Processor. Not the number of cores on that processor, so 4 quad core processors are still only a 4-processor system for licensing purposes. Now I am still not sure that is the case, an