On: Things Developers Should Know About SQL Server (2013)

[BrentOzar]

> Also, [2013]. Lots of things have changed in the DB market over the past 4 years!

Nothing about the article has changed in current versions of SQL Server, actually.

[kbaker → BrentOzar]

Yes, the article still gives good advice for SQL Server.

I was meaning in the more general sense - Oracle hadn't released 12c yet, Postgres was at 9.2, MariaDB just released 10.0. Lots of changes in the other DBs to make them more competitive.

One thing that has seemingly changed for SQL server 2016 is the licensing cost... $14,256 per core now??? Or is that only in a 2-pack? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2016-p... (Open Level)

[BrentOzar → kbaker]

> One thing that has seemingly changed for SQL server 2016 is the licensing cost... $14,256 per core now??? Or is that only in a 2-pack?

That's for a 2-core pack with Software Assurance (maintenance), so it's roughly half that. It's the same cost it's been since SQL Server 2012 when Microsoft switched to per-core licensing.

Prior to that, it was per-socket, but still roughly the same cost for quad-core servers.