Also remember that Oracle works only with cpu cores when dealing with enterprise edition. With standard edition you need to look at the socket (or chip to be exact, although I have never known Oracle to really look at the number of chips). So a server with a quad core cpu only needs 1 standard edition cpu license. regards, Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer ________________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Storey, Robert (DCSO) [RStorey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 16 April 2010 16:01 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RE: Licencing Good catch. I forgot about that. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Jesse Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:24 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RE: Licencing Remember that the core multiplier is not always ".5". It depends on the CPU architecture (and model!): http://www.oracle.com/corporate/contracts/library/processor-core-factor- table.pdf Rich > 2 Cpu's x 2 Cores = 4 cores *.5 licences/core = 2 licenses > > Allan > > On Apr 16, 2010 7:59am, "Storey, Robert (DCSO)" > <RStorey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip] >> So, with the multicores, oracle says that a "core" = >> .5 or a Processor license. So, if you have a CPU that is dual core, that is still a 1Processor license. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l