Re: Oracle licensing fees

On Mar 10, 2:18 pm, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <fitzjarr..._at_cox.net> wrote:
> 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

You can also license by named user.

Here is the link to the feature price list: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/technology-price-list.pdf

HTH -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Tue Mar 11 2008 - 09:04:01 CDT