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Re: Oracle licence question

From: Tony Rogerson <tonyrogerson_at_sqlserverfaq.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:10:14 -0000
Message-ID: <dtrr93$1hn$1$830fa7a5@news.demon.co.uk>


> I DO note that the standby machine must be *fully* licensed after 30 days
> of use. ... free????

I would hope that in the real world your primary production server would be fixed within 30 days, otherwise you've probably ditched it and your old failover server will now be your primary and you're licenced ok so no probs; what would validate the licence is if you tried to use both instances.

But really - leaving your production server broken for 30 days - what sort of companies have you worked for? Please let me know, I doubt I'll become a customer.

> I also note "Database mirroring and failover clustering are available for
> SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition and SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition."
> to the explicit exclusion of Workgroup. (in workgroup edition)????
>

Sorry - you are right, its in Standard and above - pay the extra £500 :) - do you have clustering in Oracle standard? This is what I am after, somebody to point me to the feature list so i can go check - there doesn't appear to be one. The Oracle site is not very intuitive, more is not said than said!

And I thought MS licensing was bad!

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Tony Rogerson
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"HansF" <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message 
news:pan.2006.02.26.02.49.23.379612_at_telus.net...

> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:14:28 +0000, Tony Rogerson wrote:
>
>> you also have a free hot standby via database mirroring, log
>> shipping or clustering (in workgroup edition),
>
> From Microsoft's site
> (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/activepassive.mspx)
>
> "
> When doing failover support, a server is designated as the passive server.
> The purpose of the passive server is to absorb the data and information
> held in another server that fails. A passive server does not need a
> license if the number of processors in the passive server is equal to or
> less than the number of processors in the active server. The passive
> server can take the duties of the active server for 30 days. Afterwards,
> it must be licensed accordingly.
> "
>
> I DO note that the standby machine must be *fully* licensed after 30 days
> of use. ... free????
>
> I also note "Database mirroring and failover clustering are available for
> SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition and SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition."
> to the explicit exclusion of Workgroup. (in workgroup edition)????
>
> Hmmmmm
>
> --
> Hans Forbrich
> Canada-wide Oracle training and consulting
> mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard_at_gmail.com
> *** Top posting [replies] guarantees I won't respond. ***
>
Received on Sun Feb 26 2006 - 03:10:14 CST

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