RE: Going multicore, Sun Fire T2000 (8 cores)

From: Matthew Zito <mzito_at_gridapp.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:39:36 -0500
Message-ID: <C0A5E31718FC064A91E9FD7BE2F081B136309E@exchange.gridapp.com>

From an Oracle licensing perspective, 8 cores in the niagra processor count as one processor for Oracle licenseing purposes.

Thanks,
Matt

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org on behalf of Michael McMullen Sent: Mon 3/27/2006 2:32 PM
To: Rich.Jesse_at_qg.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: Re: Going multicore, Sun Fire T2000 (8 cores)

MessageCan you elaborate on "use all those cores simultaneously"? Would a parallel query not use all the cores, or heavy concurrent access by users? Imagine the licensing cost if you had two or three of these in a rac?
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Mon Mar 27 2006 - 13:39:36 CST