Hi,

We want to run a two node server cluster with Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise and SQL Server 2003 Enterprise. How
many copies of SQL Server Enterprise (1 Server, 25
clients) do we need to purchase, 1 or 2? Since it is only
actively running on one server at one time, I would think
we would need just one copy and I should be able to
install it on both nodes in the cluster.

Thanks,
Todd

This is from the following site:

SQL Server 2000 Licensing FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.asp


Q. How does licensing work for computers that run SQL Server 2000
Enterprise Edition in failover scenarios?

A. Failover support, where servers are clustered together and set to pick
up each others' processing duties if one computer should fail, is available
only in SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, just as it was with SQL Server
7.0. Failover support can be configured in one of two ways:

Active/active. In the active/active configuration, all servers in the
cluster regularly process information, but one or more take on the workload
of a failed server.

Active/passive. In the active/passive configuration, one or more computers
in the cluster do not regularly process information but rather passively
wait to pick up the workload when an active server fails. All active
servers in a cluster must be fully licensed, according to either the Per
Processor licensing model or the Server/CAL licensing model. However, if a
server is strictly passive, working only while an active server has failed,
no additional licenses are needed for that passive server. The only
exception to this rule is if the cluster is licensed using Processor
licenses and the number of processors on the passive server exceeds the
number of processors on the active server. In these cases, additional
Processor licenses must be purchased for the additional processors on the
passive server.


Rand
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