AFAIK, the licensing restrictions in SE are just that--licensing restrictions. I'm not sure about CPU count, but I do know that building RAC with SE doesn't technically require ASM, just that the license does. I tend to believe that the CPU restrictions are just paper restrictions and won't really be technical limits, but I'm not positive. Dan On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Crisler, Jon <Jon.Crisler@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I am wondering what happens if you try to install SE on a server with > more CPU's than is allowed by SE. As anybody knows that tries to figure > out licensing costs for Oracle, there is a difference in processor > sockets, processor cores, and cluster configs. But does SE actually > enforce any CPU limits ? Will it just set the parameter "cpu_count" to 4 > and not let it increase beyond that value ? > > For EE, 1 core = 1 processor. > For SE, 1 socket = 1 processor (so a single socket with a 4-core chip > is 1 processor) > For SE, 4 cpu sockets is the limit for a RAC cluster, which implies a 4 > node max config. > > I am just looking at Intel / AMD processors, and ignoring Sun Sparc for > now which is even more complex. I think my servers are ok for now, > but we might have to remove CPU's to stay compliant with the license. > > http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing.pdf > >