Re: Someone remind me - manual Standby DBs Licensing

Metrics must match, but not (necessarily) the quantity.

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Hans Forbrich <fuzzy.graybeard_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22/03/2015 11:11 AM, MARK BRINSMEAD wrote:
>
> Here is one fine point that is often missed, though...
>
> *A standby database must be licensed for the same options and metrics as
> the primary*.
>
> That said, the metric must match, but the size does not need to match.
>
> In other words, the primary might be 24 CPU core over 6 quad-core machines
> using RAC.
>
> The standby could be a single core (if you can find such a machine, or you
> use OracleVM) but you still would need the RAC option.
>
> /Hans
>

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