Oracle-L: RE: Oracle CPU Licensing

From: Ron Rogers <RROGERS_at_galottery.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 04:28:23 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00435C82.20020328042823@fatcity.com>

Dennis,
I remember something from the past about just such a "Deal" . You notified Oracle about the CPU's you had installed and then Oracle would use a "monitoring tool" to see how many CPU's you were using and they would charge you for the actual number of CPU's that you activated and for the time frame they were acticated. That way you could build a box that would run on 1 CPU for normal load and then ramp up for the heavy end of year processing. You would only be chagred for the extra CPU's when you needed them.
I don't know if this policy is still in effect or not. ROR mª¿ªm

>>> Jared.Still_at_radisys.com 03/27/02 05:10PM >>> Dennis,

This doesn't sound right. Oracle will not try to extort, er, charge money
for CPU's that aren't installed. Merely having the slots doesn't count.

Having CPU's installed but switched off but installed is not a new concept,
having been around in the mainframe world for some time. I wouldn't think Oracle would try to make you pay for CPU's you can't use.

Best call your Oracle rep for a definitive answer.

Jared

DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
03/27/02 07:23 AM
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        Subject:        RE: Oracle CPU Licensing

An analyst recently made a statement that under CPU licensing "Oracle is
charging for unused CPU slots". I found this very surprising. I can see

two
possible interpretations:
1. If the system is capable of holding 8 CPUs, but I only have 4 CPUs installed, Oracle would charge me for 8 CPUs. I find this unacceptable.

For
one thing, in some machines, a slot can contain either a CPU or memory.
2. Some vendors (HP I believe) have offered an upgrade on demand configuration, where the system is delivered with more CPUs than the customer purchased. If the customer wants additional processing power, the
vendor can switch on the additional CPUs, saving a visit by a customer engineer. Another possibility would be if I had a way to limit the number
of
CPUs that could execute Oracle. This doesn't sound so bad, since it might
be
easy to increase the number of CPUs without paying additional fees to Oracle.

                 Has anyone heard of this type of license

interpretation
by Oracle?
Our license renewal is coming up soon and we would prefer to not be blindsided.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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