Thanks to all for help. As I understood, 1 proc with 8 cores in T2000 at 1GHz could even be better than 4 CPU at 1.7GHz in V440 performance wise. Is that correct? Thanks again, - Vladimir On 3/27/06, Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Yep, exactly right: > > For the purpose of counting the number of processors which require > licensing for a Sun UltraSPARC T1 processor with 4, 6 or 8 cores at > 1.0gigahertz or 8 cores at > 1.2 gigahertz for only those servers specified on the Sun Server Table > which can be accessed at http://oracle.com/contracts , "n" cores shall be > determined by multiplying the total number of cores by a factor of .25. > > We're getting closer and closer to "power units" all the time > > Matt > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse, Rich [mailto:Rich.Jesse@xxxxxx <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxx>] > Sent: Mon 3/27/2006 2:49 PM > To: Matthew Zito; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Going multicore, Sun Fire T2000 (8 cores) > > Isn't that "2" CPUs for an 8-core? Or did the licensing change yet > again? It was recently .25xCore for SPARC 8-ways. > > Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Zito [mailto:mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx>] > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 1:40 PM > To: ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx; Jesse, Rich; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Going multicore, Sun Fire T2000 (8 cores) > > > > > From an Oracle licensing perspective, 8 cores in the niagra > processor count as one processor for Oracle licenseing purposes. > > Thanks, > Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Michael > McMullen > Sent: Mon 3/27/2006 2:32 PM > To: Rich.Jesse@xxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Going multicore, Sun Fire T2000 (8 cores) > > MessageCan you elaborate on "use all those cores > simultaneously"? Would a > parallel query not use all the cores, or heavy concurrent access > by users? > Imagine the licensing cost if you had two or three of these in a > rac? > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > >