Re: VS: Standard Edition RAC - CPU core limit?

From: Mark Brinsmead <pythianbrinsmead_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:43:29 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTimGu6DjWuByYY0FVCbVTaNmXcgmBQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

yes, that annoying little thing about multi-chip modules really complicates things.

a processor with 16 cores on a single piece of silicon is a single "socket", while a processor with 16 cores built from four pieces of silicon with four cores each is four "sockets", even though it is a single package that plugs into a single pin-grid landing site.

it is critical to remember that "socket" is a legal definition here, not a physical thing. that "pin-grid landing site" is not necessarily a "socket" for the purpose of licensing oracle. it depends entirely on what you put in it.

what processors are implemented as multi-chip modules? that is for you to figure out.

cheers,
-- mark brinsmead

On Monday, April 4, 2011, Timo Raitalaakso <rafu_at_iki.fi> wrote:
> "When licensing Oracle programs with Standard Edition One or Standard Edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to an occupied socket; however, in the case of multi-chip modules, each chip in the multi-chip module is counted as one occupied socket."
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> Lähettäjä: Upendra N
> Lähetetty:  04.04.2011, 05:19
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> Aihe: Standard Edition RAC - CPU core limit?
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> Hello all,
> In a Standard edition Oracle RAC configuration, we can have a maximum of 4 CPU sockets on all the nodes combined together.  Are there any restrictions on the number of  (Intel/AMD) CPU cores per socket?
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> Thanks in advance
> -Upendra
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-- Mark Brinsmead
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   The Pythian Group
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