What is core-based licensing and which SQL Server 2012 edition requires it?

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Core-based licensing measures the computing power of the host server by counting the number of processing cores. It replaces processor-based licensing in earlier versions of SQL Server. A core is a physical unit within a processor that reads and executes program instructions. Traditionally, a processor was based on a single core, although multicore processors are now commonplace. A multicore processor is a processor with more than one core processing unit; it is able to execute multiple instruction sets in parallel with a consequent improvement in performance. Given the widespread adoption of multicore processors, Microsoft considers the number of cores to be a more relevant metric to measure processing power for SQL Server 2012. The core-based licensing model is the only model available for the Enterprise Edition, and it might make sense for the Standard Edition when it is impractical to count the number of users. A license is based on a four-core minimum with one-core increments.

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How does a screened host setup differ from a dual-homed host configuration?  Why might you choose this configuration?

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Compute the generalization error rate of the tree using the optimistic approach.


Consider the decision tree shown in Figure 4.2.

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