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RE: Oracle CPU Licensing

From: <Steve.Parker_at_lis.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 03:03:24 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00435BA4.20020328030324@fatcity.com>


One thing to be wary of is if you want Standard Edition. Typically this can only be used on machines up to 4 CPUs. However, say you want an expandable server that can take 6 CPUs max, but initially you only have 2 CPUs installed, because the server is CAPABLE of having 6 CPUs, you can only use Enterprise edition.

Steve Parker
Technical Consultant
LIS



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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

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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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