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Re: Limit CPU number on ORACLE database??

From: Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 07:45:44 +0200
Message-ID: <486b2b610605032245i15775214x289c9c824490abce@mail.gmail.com>


There is this parameter, CPU_COUNT that you *can* set. Although Oracle doesn't recommend it be changed - does anyone have any practical experience with it ?

Stefan

On 5/4/06, Mark Brinsmead <pythianbrinsmead_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> Your question is one of laws and licenses, not technology.
>
> Only with "hardware partitioning", a feature that generally appears in
> only very high-end (and high-price) servers, are you able to (legally)
> license fewer CPUs than are physically installed in the server. If your
> server happens to be an IBM P520, for example, you can do what you
> describe. With most linux hardware, you cannot (yet).
>
> Note: you need to thoroughly understand the difference between
> "hardware partitioning" and "software partitioning" as Oracle defines it.
> The dividing line is quite hazy in places.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> -- Mark Brinsmead
> Staff DBA,
> The Pythian Group
> http://www.pythian.com/blogs
>

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