Re: Oracle licensing for dual core processors

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:56:07 -0800
Message-ID: <UP2dnYXcuPj4ax7enZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com>

Randy Harris wrote:

> Oracle announce back in July that they would continue to charge a premium
> for licensing on dual core processors. They reduced the rate, however, to
> .75 processors per core. Licensing on a system with a single dual core
> processor (whether AMD or Intel) should be 1.5 times the rate of a single
> processor system. They might offer pricing packages that amend that, but it
> is their published pricing structure.

Both Standard Edition and Standard Edition One count 1 dual core processor as a single processor for licensing. For named user pricing, it's a moot point.

For confirmation see
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing.pdf

Specifically
"Notwithstanding the above, when licensing Oracle Standard Edition One or Standard Edition programs on servers with a maximum of 1 processor with 1 or 2 cores, only 1 processor shall be counted." Received on Tue Nov 22 2005 - 22:56:07 CST