You do the math. 2 nodes on a cluster, 12 cpus, 40K per cpu. That's nearly
1 million dollars for a single application! You have to license every CPU in
the cluster even if oracle is only running on one at a time.
--
Chuck
"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3DDBFB2E.67856061_at_exesolutions.com...
> Chuck wrote:
>
> > "Karsten Farrell" <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> wrote in message
> > news:LNPC9.33$8o5.4324386_at_newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> > > NorwoodThree wrote:
> > > > Our company is trying to phase out Oracle in favor of SQL Server due
> > > > to licensing costs for our data warehouse.
> > > >
> > > > I dont want to cause a huge thread, but is there a link somewhere
that
> > > > explains the disadvantages to this? I dont know anything about SQL
> > > > Server. I know there have been threads as to "Oracle vs. SQL
Server"
> > > > but it doesnt answer my question directly. I want to stick with
> > > > Oracle.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > Call your Oracle sales person. I'm sure they have *lots* of white
papers
> > > that will tell you why Oracle is better than SQL Server.
> > >
> >
> > I don't think anyone here would argue that Oracle is the better
database.
> > The question is whether it's better enough to justify the higher price
tag.
> > Not long ago our company priced licensing on a new DB to support a web
based
> > app. 99.99% of the users would be internal. .01% would access it via the
> > internet. The price for Oracle was over $1,000,000. Sql server was
around
> > $10,000 and DB2 was around $20,000. Oracle's pricing made it a no
brainer.
>
> Nonsense! Absolute nonsense.
>
> Higher yes? These numbers? I'd find it easier to believe in the Easter
Bunny.
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
Received on Fri Nov 22 2002 - 08:52:41 CST
