Mark, This might be of interest. http://tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=109033001 http://tpc.org/results/FDR/TPCC/HP_DL370_G6_OEL_TPCC_FDR.pdf - Appendix E - very last page. Please ignore than they run this with compatible=10.1.0.0.0. The reference was simply for the Oracle database server licensing content. Paul On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Mark Strickland <strickland.mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We're using SE1. My understanding from reading the definition of > "processor" in the Definitions section of the Oracle Technology Price List > is that the SE and SE1 licenses are NOT subject to the same rules as EE: > > "When licensing Oracle programs with Standard Edition One or Standard > Edition in the product name, a processor is counted equivalent to an > occupied socket; however, in the case of multi-chip modules, each chip in > the multi-chip module is > counted as one occupied socket. For example, a multicore chip based server > with an Oracle Processor Core Factor of 0.25 installed and/or running the > program (other than Standard." > > So, if I'm understanding this correctly, an SE1 license for two processors > would, for example, cover a server that has two Intel or AMD multi-core > processors. We're using six-core processors. So that two-socket SE1 > license covers the 12 cores. Am I misunderstanding? > > -Mark > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l