"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:<uomupqiv2ejs28_at_corp.supernews.com>...
> "Eric Headley" <ericheadley_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:54ac6f2c.0209200611.28e767c3_at_posting.google.com...
> > Can I license Standard Edition on a Sun V880 ? I have read that
> > Oracle does not license Standard Edition on any machine capable of
> > running more than 4 processors. I have no intention however of ever
> > using more than 2 processors in the V880. What is my position ?
> >
> > Eric Headley
>
>
> You can not license Standard Edition. The basic keyword here is *capable* of
> running more than 4 processors. Whether there are processors in those slots
> doesn't matter. Ran into this issue recently with a client recently, and
> Oracle wouldn't the client to run Standard, so they were forced replace the
> server, as they couldn't afford Enterprise anymore. Not that it really
> mattered, as the application isn't capable with Parallel Query anyway
> (multi-database application)
>
> Regards
>
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DB
So I will have to pay more than double for Enterprise even though I
will never use the functionality.
Received on Sat Sep 21 2002 - 21:01:43 CDT
