On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Jenner, Mike <Mike.Jenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > > o Our site uses Sun/Solaris for UNIX and we’d very much prefer to > stick with Unix for this app/database. > Hi, If you old box have enough power with 1 CPU so maybe Solaris on x86 is a solution. You will stay on Solaris as operating system and you can use 2 core Intel processes with 0.5 x per core - so you will stay with 1 CPU license. -- Marcin Przepiorowski http://oracleprof.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l