Re: Oracle Pricing is kind of lame

If you have the server edition on multiple processors you only have any OS based load balancing.
You can't use any parallel query feature including parallel recovery. For Oracle 8 (I'm not talking Oracle 8i) the difference roughly is
no parallel query
no parallel server
no advanced replication
no objects option
no partition option
no RMAN
So the price difference is explained by missing out a whole lot of 'features'

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

<kevinator_ca_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:88k2kd$auc$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> So are you saying the standard edition won't run on more than one
> processor? What's the difference between the standard and enterprise
> edtion, besides the price?
>
> In article <950855559.22891.3.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl>,
> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:
> > That would imply you simply didn't configure your instance correctly.
> Check
> > the cpu parameter by show parameter cpu in svrmgr and/or start playing
> > around with Parallel Query Option (if you have the Enterprise
> Edition). If
> > you don't have the Enterprise Edition it's useless to have Oracle run
> on a
> > server with 4 processors.
> >
> > Hth,
> >
> > Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
> >
> > Daniel <delj_at_flash.net> wrote in message
> > news:7o_q4.6170$nu4.435632_at_news.flash.net...
> > > What adds insult to injury is that they charge you per processor
> and by
> > > processor speed. The fastest processors do not have the highest
> MHz. I
> > > also have yet to see a Windows NT Server system running Oracle on
> more
> > than
> > > one processor. I have a 4 processor 6300 sitting in my office
> right now
> > and
> > > it seems that Oracle uses one processor and Windows delegates its
> > processes
> > > to another.
> > >
> > > Daniel
> > > Austin, TX
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > <kevinator_ca_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> > > news:88hpqt$ojo$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > > > hello ora-people,
> > > > I've been working with oracle for about a 2 years now. In the
> past,
> > > > I've worked on large government contracts that had the funding to
> pay
> > > > Oracle's outrageous licensing fees. Now I work for a smaller
> company
> > > > and I was shocked when I learned how much oracle wants to extort
> from
> > > > us.
> > > > If you've looked the web page at http://oraclestore.oracle.com,
> you
> > > > notice that Oracle recently started charging based on "Power
> Units."
> > > > So, as an example, our licence would cost $165K. We have 3 Zeon
> 550 Mhz
> > > > processors and that's what it worked out to. Plus we have to pay
> a $20K
> > > > or 15% in support. BTW : It took my boss 3 hour long phone calls
> just
> > > > to get a replacement disk for the server.
> > > > i just wanted to know if my boss and I are the only ones who
> think
> > > > this outrageous. We wanted to switch most of our MS SQL-Server
> stuff to
> > > > Oracle but we probably won't because of the cost issue. One of our
> > > > clients insists that we use Oracle so we will still be using it
> but not
> > > > as much as I thought.
> > > > I hope it's reasonable to bring this issue up in this
> newsgroup.
> > > >
> > > > kevin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > > Before you buy.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Received on Fri Feb 18 2000 - 13:05:05 CST