Re: Oracle licensing fees

From: <fitzjarrell_at_cox.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:18:31 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <0e802d4f-bd67-46ff-9358-d2617294156e@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com>


On Mar 10, 12:29 pm, "patrick" <patrickppu..._at_aol.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to estimate a cost in terms of Oracle licensing fees if I were to
> move from my current system a Sun E450 with 4 CPU's at 400 to a Sun V880
> with 8 CPUs at 1.05 Ghz. I went to Oracle site and couldn't find anything
> specific on cost estimates.
>
> Thanks

You have 8 CPUs and not an UltraSPARC T1 8-core CPU? If so that increases your pricing considerably. Presuming an Enterprise Edition license:

Per-CPU license cost: $40,000

4 CPU cost: $160,000

8 CPU cost: $320,000

4 Intel or AMD dual-core CPUs: 8 * .5 * $40,000 == $160,000

UltraSPARC T1 8-core cost: 8 * .25 * $40,000 == $80,000

Of course this presumes no additional features are enabled (AWR, Partitioning, Advanced Security, etc.).

David Fitzjarrell Received on Mon Mar 10 2008 - 13:18:31 CDT

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