I would request the client show you the purchase of SQL Server Enterprise. SQL Server Enterprise is one of the most expensive things Microsoft sells and they are quite serious with the licensing of that software. Microsoft audits, which I have been involved with 14 of in the past 8 years, go one of two ways:
1. You are missing some CALs, need to get a copy of Windows Standard for the extra VM you are running. No worries, just show us proof of purchase in two weeks and we are good!
2. You have over $20,000 of our stuff in production that you never paid for. We are sending over one of our lawyers that makes per hour what you make per week. May Bill Gates have mercy on your soul.
If the client is pirating that kind of software, you may wish to walk away or at least insist that the client purchase the correct software. SQL Standard is the most you will ever need.
That Dell R820 is still 2012 technology and the H700 is still your bottleneck. All servers I'm selling now are R740 or higher with H740 controllers or higher. But if you are stuck with it, you are stuck with it.
James
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