# Low density Vs High Density license

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/low-density-vs-high-density-license/27672>\
**Category:** SLES Virtualization\
**Created:** [November 26, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/low-density-vs-high-density-license/27672 "2015-11-26T11:28:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![shavitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shavitz](https://forums.suse.com/u/shavitz)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/low-density-vs-high-density-license/27672/1 "2015-11-26T11:28:13Z")

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Hi there,

I am not sure this is the right place so please tell if it ain’t and I’ll move it from here.

I have one physical machine with 4 sockets and I want to install ESXi 5.5.  
What kind of Linux SUSE for SAP applications license should I install? Is it the low or high density one? What is the difference between the two?

Best Regards,

Shavit

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**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/low-density-vs-high-density-license/27672/2 "2015-11-26T13:26:44Z")

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On 26/11/2015 09:34, shavitz wrote:  
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> I am not sure this is the right place so please tell if it ain’t and  
> I’ll move it from here.[/color]

This forum is probably okay given I think you’re asking about licensing  
of virtual machines though note there is a dedicated SLES for SAP  
Applications forum @  
[https://forums.suse.com/forumdisplay.php?41-SLES-SAP-Applications](https://forums.suse.com/forumdisplay.php?41-SLES-SAP-Applications)  
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> I have one physical machine with 4 sockets and I want to install ESXi  
> 5.5.[/color]

So VMware ESXi will be your host OS  
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> What kind of Linux SUSE for SAP applications license should I install?[/color]

… and you want to virtualise SLES for SAP Applications?  
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> Is it the low or high density one? What is the difference between the  
> two?[/color]

I’m not a licensing expert (you’d need to contact SUSE directly for  
that) but from reading  
[https://www.suse.com/products/terms\_and\_conditions.pdf](https://www.suse.com/products/terms_and_conditions.pdf) I think low  
density would cover 1-2 virtual machines on the same virtualisation host  
with high density unlimited, or in this case more than 3, virtual  
machines. So it would all depend how many virtualised instances of SLES  
for SAP Applications you wanted to host on your server running ESXi.

## HTH.

Simon  
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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