Licensing question Project server

Hello guys !
I have a 16 blade center with 4 virtual machines dedicated to a SharePoint 2013 Enterprise farm and 2 virtual machine for an SQL 2012 active/passive cluster.
I installed Project Server 2013 on all sharepoint servers for redudancy.
How many Project Server 2013 licenses do i need ?
Thanks for the help.

Hello,
Typically you need a Project Server 2013 license for each server Project Server is installed on. You have to install Project Server on all the SharePoint servers in the farm.
Paul
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