Re: Solaris versus AIX: pricing question

Appreciate your response...

On 04 Apr 2001 19:46:16 +0100 (BST), Andrew Mobbs <andrewm_at_chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

>Jim Hutchison <jimhutchison_at_attcanada.com> wrote:
>>I've heard Oracle's licensing model makes it cheaper to run on AIX as
>>opposed to Solaris, due to the horsepower of the RS6k chip.
>>
>>I'm interested in researching this more, so I'm starting here... any
>>experience/opinions?
>
>Oracle translates MHz into Power Units, which determine the price: see
>http://store.oracle.com/cec/cstage?eccookie=&template=help_licensing.en.htm
>for details.
>
>If nothing else matters to you other than minimizing the Oracle
>licencing cost, you should look at www.spec.org at the
>specInt 2000 "CINT2000 Rates" and pick the system with the best
>specintrate/MHz.
>
>Of course, other things will matter, but it'll give you an idea of
>this factor.
>
>--
>Andrew Mobbs - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~andrewm/
Received on Wed Apr 04 2001 - 14:59:00 CDT