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As we discussed earlier in this report, a wise upgrade decision for your business is one that includes careful cost considerations. Software licenses, which often come in a per-core or per-processor price model, present an additional consideration. Compared to dual-socket servers such as the legacy configuration we used in our testing, single-socket 32-core Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 servers could offer compelling savings when it comes to licensing costs.
Using publicly available sources on November 11, 2021, we calculated possible licensing costs for the software we used in our testing. Table 2 shows three-year licensing cost estimates for a server with the same processor- and core-count as the legacy server we tested compared to those of a PowerEdge R6515 server. (Note: We do not include VDI software in our calculations, as the Software-as-a-Service price for the required software was the same for both configurations.) For more information on the way we calculated these costs, see the science behind the report.
Table 2: A comparison of three-year licensing costs (including purchase cost plus three years of support) for a dual-socket, 40-core server and a single-socket, 32-core server such as the Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 we tested. Amounts are in USD, do not include taxes, and do not include VDI software costs.
If your organization requires the above software licenses for the workloads you run, Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 servers could present significant licensing cost reductions compared to a dual-socket, 40-core solution. Saving on software could free up resources for greater investments across your growing organization. Although we speculate that a newer-generation dual-socket server might offer further performance improvements, our hands- on testing shows that single-socket PowerEdge R6515 servers could already deliver better workload performance than a legacy PowerEdge R630 environment—while also helping your business remain cost-conscious.
20 Based on data from “Pricing and licensing for Windows Server 2022,” accessed November 11, 2021, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/pricing.
21 Based on data from “SQL Server 2019 Pricing,” accessed November 11, 2021, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2019-pricing.
22 Based on data from “VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus,” accessed November 11, 2021, https://store-us.vmware.com/vmware-vsphere-enterprise-plus-284281000.html.
23 Based on data from “Dell Price List,” accessed November 11, 2021, https://itprice.com/dell-price-list/vmware%20vsan%207%20enterprise,.html.
24 Based on data from “VMware Tanzu Basic - Per CPU,” accessed November 11, 2021, https://store-us.vmware.com/vmware-tanzu-basic-per-cpu-5471172000.html.