Re: sync up production to UAT for a 500G+ database

  • From: "Mark Brinsmead" <pythianbrinsmead@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:37:30 -0600

Hmmm...

If you are using DataGuard, you need EE, don't you?  I'm pretty sure that DG
has never been available with SE, although that *might* have changed with
11g.  (I am pretty sure that looked when 11g was announced and I don't *
recall* seeing any changes to DG licensing rules.  That doesn't mean they
weren't there, though.)

Now, while it is true that you don't *have* to license EE by CPU, you
*do*have to license a
*minumum* of 25 named users per CPU (with EE, that is), which means *at
least* the 50% of the cost of CPU licenses.

There's one other little matter.  Last time I checked, you were required to
license your DG standby database with the *same licensing metric* as you
have for the primary.  That is, if you use CPU licensing for the primary
database, you must use CPU licensing for the standby.  Of course, nothing *
requires* you to have the same number of CPUs for the standby -- unless you
want to do something lavish, like load-testing or performance testing.

Bottom line:  standby databases are generally far from free.  Or -- in most
cases -- cheap.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:51 AM, dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx <
dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And where was it said
> or implied it wasn't licensed?
> What it doesn't have to be is a
> full-on EE, CPU-based licence.
>
>
> On Mon Mar 17 20:03 , "Bradd Piontek"  sent:
>
> >Am I missing something? Whether you are using dataguard or not, you need
> to
> license the test database.
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:55 AM, LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >I am not sure how Mirrorview license works but with DG you pay per
> instance per
> CPU so it gets damn expensive.....
> >
> >
> >--
> >LSC
> >
>
> --
> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
>
>
>


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-- Mark Brinsmead
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