Re: Installing MS-SQL and Oracle into a same server

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 02:21:10 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <273f4e22-fb45-4c8f-92b8-66f4abed09dd@s36g2000prg.googlegroups.com>

On Dec 5, 11:31 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:

>
> Here's the math:
> EE per CPU license: $40,000
> EE per named user license: $ 800
> Break-even is 50 users assuming a 1CPU/server.
> Even my laptop is dual core.
>
> SE per CPU license: $15,000
> SE per named user license: $ 300
> Break-even is also 50 users assuming 1 CPU/server.
>
> Now lets take that minimal configuration and put both Oracle EE
> and SQL Server 2005 EE on it running at the same time.
>
> This is a good idea in what way when for less than $5K you can
> purchase a very decent second server.

This is not as clear cut as that. You still have to add the cost of the second OS licence - not cheap for windows server either.
And the cost of additional disk to keep the second copy of OS, plus software. Plus backup licences, connectivity, etcetc.

The math you quoted is straight off the marketing materials. Those are anything but similar to real life... Received on Wed Dec 05 2007 - 04:21:10 CST