Re: oracle v SS

"Allows customers to install and run passive SQL Server instances in a separate OSE or server on-premises for disaster recovery"

Does this mean the passive SQL server can be configured in a geographically remote site?

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:39 AM Rich J <rjoralist3_at_society.servebeer.com> wrote:

> I didn't see this recent MS announcement of free "passive" licensing for
> HA/DR in this thread:
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> https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2019/10/30/new-high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-benefits-for-sql-server/
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> That seems...huge. Oracle has had some great announcements recently, like
> with the PDB extension and Free Autonomous offering, but nothing to this
> scale.
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> Rich
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> *Von: *Andre Maasikas <amaasikas_at_gmail.com>
> *Datum *Samstag, 09. Nov. 2019, 4:46 PM
> *An: *wbfergus_at_gmail.com <wbfergus_at_gmail.com>
> *Cc: *Oracle-L Freelists <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Betreff: *Re: oracle v SS
>
> Certainly not free, same with plsql mentioned earlier, all these use the
> "licensed" cpu power which costs you about 100K €/$ per processor
> definition (counting common enterprise options) initial license and 1/4 of
> that each year thereafter.
> Andre
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