Re: oracle updates multi core licensing

From: HansF <News.Hans_at_telus.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:42:31 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2005.12.20.18.42.27.836649@telus.net>

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:29:13 -0800, hpuxrac wrote:

> Now 1 AMD dual core or Intel dual core counts as 1 cpu
>
> 8 core Sun Fire T2000 counts as 2
>
> http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=175006718
>
> So the oracle license price for 1 dual core cpu is half that as a
> machine with 2 single core cpu's.

Interesting side question ... now that we know how pricing works, how about processor count for other aspects of licensing?

Since Oracle Database Standard Edition can only be used on machines with 1-4 processor, does a dual-core count as 1 or 2 processors?

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