Talk:Oracle licensing
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How about some actual costed examples?
Here's the current "E-business Discount" Schedule. It applies to purchases on http://store.oracle.com as of the time I tested the shopping cart in October 2006:
Volume Range Discount
$0-$25,000 = 0%
$25,001-$50,000 = 5%
$50,001-$100,000 = 10%
$100,001-$250,000 = 15%
$250,001-$1,000,000 = 20%
$1,000,001+ = 25%
If this seems out of your price range... go speak with an Oracle Partner who has people that worked at Oracle (i.e., www.ioresources.com ).
Hidden Costs
Refer to Mike Ault's blog Hidden Costs.
Usage of tables, views, stored PL/SQL is tracked in 10g and may be used for auditing licence compliance.
Comments from anonymous poster
Some of the detail below relating to processor counts might need revision. For the purpose of Standard Edition One and Standard Edition, a processor is now defined as an occupied socket - and in the case of a multi-chip module, each chip is counted as an occupied socket. This modification to the rules took effect sometime in 2006.
- I cannot find any reference to this. Any further clarification will be helpful.
Also, a footnote in the latest (Oct 2007 pricelist) provides an example of multicore discount but also says 'other than Standard Edition One programs or Standard Edition programs'. This might be interpreted as meaning that the discount only applies to Enterprise - although this is not generally held to be the case!
- Please include the licensing link from Oracle in the licensing section. Oracle Software Investment Guide (warning 4.3MB file). The FAQ offer less confusing descriptions : Oracle multicore FAQ. Checking the section Q: What is the new multi-core pricing and licensing model?' you will find this for all programs with Standard Edition or Standard Edition One in the program name, Oracle recognizes a socket as equivalent to a processor for the purposes of counting and licensing these programs.
- It clearly show that, for Oracle SE and Oracle SE1, Oracle are using per CPU socket license for AMD/Intel, regardless dual-core or Quad-core. The 0.5 per core multiplier for AMD/Intel processor still applied for those who use Oracle EE. moo_t --219.93.185.42 01:40, 3 December 2007 (CST)
Multi-core factor for processors
Here are the multi-core factors for some of the more well know processors:
| Manufacturer | Processor Type | Cores | Multiplexing factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | POWER3 & RS64 | 1 | 1 |
| IBM | POWER4 & POWER5 | 2 | 0.75 |
| SUN | UltraSPARC IIIi | 1 | 1 |
| SUN | UltraSPARC III+ | 1 | 1 |
| SUN | UltraSPARC IV+ | 2 | 0.75 |
| SUN | UltraSPARC T1 | 8 | 0.25 |
