Re: News - Oracle Opinion on the matter

From: Kevin A Lewis <Kevin_A_Lewis_at_Hotmail.com>
Date: 2000/03/09
Message-ID: <fgQx4.21$fv6.2857@newreader.ukcore.bt.net>#1/1

I agree - the plot indeed thickens

From the Oracle Store web site the Named & Power unit definitions are as follows:-

I quote

Named User - Single Server: an individual authorized to use the Oracle program(s) on a single machine, regardless of whether the individual is actively using the program(s) at any given time.

Named User - Multi Server: an individual authorized to use the Oracle program(s) on multiple machines, regardless of whether the individual is actively using the program(s) at any given time.

Power Unit - Intel: is equal to one MHz of processing power on a single Intel/CISC or Intel compatible processor on which the Oracle Program(s) are installed. To calculate power units for a server running the Oracle Program, take the MHz on each processor and multiply by the total number of processors running the programs. Be sure to count all of the processors in all the computers where the Oracle Program is installed and running.

Power Unit - RISC: is equal to one MHz of processing power on a single RISC or RISC equivalent processor on which the Oracle Program(s) are installed. To calculate power units for a server running the Oracle Program, take the MHz on each processor and multiply by the total number of processors running the programs. Be sure to count all of the processors in all the computers where the Oracle Program is installed and running.

I took this to mean named human beings gaining authorized access to the system. The set up of a 'named account' being a convenience the client company is free to use but not required to use. Thus if 10 users log on as APP_USER they are still 10 users. The user high water mark has be faulty for some time and matches non of the recent licencing models. You are unable to enforce compliance by using it as far as I know.

Regards

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> From David P,

>

> well one Oracle rep whom I spoke to today Thurs thinks it's per named

> human being.  But he was unable to handle the situation where separtate

> users are created for application by application  (i.e. one schema for

> each application's objects). Looking at a Oracle 8 Enterprise edition

> database here I can see ORDSYS, DBSNMP, MDSYS which are separate users

> in the simple sense of the word but are actually not humans. Another one

> from another instance is the WebDB user (who owns the WebDB objects).

>

> How does Oracle propose to handle the above types of users?

>

> Especially when the number-of-discrete-users high water 'mark' (count)

> will not be able to distinguish between human beings or internal

> schemas.

>

>

> The plot thickens.

Received on Thu Mar 09 2000 - 00:00:00 CST