RE: Multi-core FAQ (new) (wrt Oracle database server software licensing)

From: Matthew Zito <mzito_at_gridapp.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:19:26 -0500
Message-ID: <C0A5E31718FC064A91E9FD7BE2F081B1758AB4@exchange.gridapp.com>

It is! It is, whether we like it or not. I tend to take informal polls when I'm speaking at conferences and user groups, and I'm averaging about 50-75% of attendees are piloting or implementing virtualization. And at least two large companies I've met with over the past few weeks are making their new infrastructure entirely virtualized - one of them rolling out around 1,000 physical servers they expect to support around 6k virtual machines for one particular business unit.

With people averaging 5:1 to 10:1 virtual to physical ratios, there are cost savings there that are unmistakeable.

Thanks,
Matt

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org on behalf of Kerber, Andrew W. Sent: Fri 3/2/2007 4:26 PM
To: bdbafh_at_gmail.com; oracle-l
Subject: RE: Multi-core FAQ (new) (wrt Oracle database server software licensing)  

Good article. I thought this one was kind of interesting also:

http://news.com.com/VMware+fires+broadside+at+Microsoft/2100-1016_3-6162 690.html?tag=st.rn

Though frankly, I am not convinced that the 'coming age of virtualization' the article mentions is coming.

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Paul Drake Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 2:50 PM
To: oracle-l
Subject: Multi-core FAQ (new) (wrt Oracle database server software licensing)

http://news.com.com/Multicore+move+cuts+Oracle+database+cost+-+page+2/21 00-1006_3-6163674-2.html?tag=st.num
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/multicore_faq.pdf

Interesting.
I'm surprised that this wasn't linked to sooner. Must be all that DST material flying around ...

Paul
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Fri Mar 02 2007 - 17:19:26 CST