RE: quad socket, 24 cores tpc-c report posted. (Oracle Standard Edition, Standard Edition One licensing)
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:01:14 -0400
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Paul, thanks for the info - this was very interesting !! It's a confusing topic and it does not surprise me that the Oracle salesforce is confused by this as well. As long as the customer has the oracle public documents about licensing, they have a firm defensible position.
I think based on our new info on Oracle Standard, we have more customers
considering Oracle rather than SQL Server or MySQL. With Oracle
Standard, the pricing becomes more defensible against other platforms
(except MySQL).
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Paul Drake
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:31 PM
To: oracle-l
Subject: quad socket, 24 cores tpc-c report posted. (Oracle Standard
Edition, Standard Edition One licensing)
Here's something that I read today that I found to be quite fascinating. http://tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=109012001
Its a tpc-c report for an HP DL 380 G5 server, loaded up with four x
six-core processors.
It ran Oracle Standard Edition of the database server software, licensed
for 4 processors.
Here is another report:
http://tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=109022301
Its a Dell PE2900 running Oracle Standard Edition One, with a single
quad core processor.
Intel Xeon X7460 - 2.67 GHz
This is a single die processor, not some cobbled together pair of dual
core cassettes.
It was licensed for a single processor of Oracle Standard Edition One of
the Oracle database server software.
One more:
http://tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=107111201
HP ProLiant ML370 G5
Oracle Database 10g Standard Edition One
2 processor sockets, a total of 8 cores.
It was licensed for a pair of processors of Oracle Standard Edition One
of the Oracle database server software.
The only reason that I brought this overly tiresome subject up
(multi-core licensing) was that just this week an Oracle salesperson
stated that for "Intel chips" that the license metric was not:
"*When licensing Oracle programs with Standard Edition One or Standard Edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to an occupied socket."
as is clearly displayed in the publicly available software investment
guide and in the tpc reports listed above.
IBM has an ad mentioning how many hours a year are wasted in traffic.
I wonder how many man-years are wasted each year in trying to get a
straight, correct answer regarding Oracle Database Server software
licensing.
Yes, if we were to get straight answers, the policies would change and
everything would be out the window for the next 3 months ... again.
Paul ( I wouldn't touch that with a 40 foot pole) Drake
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