Re: "Oracle's [multi-core] pricing ...simple and flexible"

  • From: Paul Baumgartel <paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:09:20 -0400

The way I figured it (based on 64-bit dual-core Opteron, which is
supposed to give 50% better performance than single-core), the license
cost is now commensurate with performance.

1 dual-core CPU = 1.5 CPU performance

1 dual-core CPU = 1.5 CPU license cost (2 x .75 CPU)


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On 7/15/05, William B Ferguson <wbfergus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
> Hmmm. Using the example below then, 12 cores equals the same 'processor'
> license as 11 cores? 
>   
> It's probably another set of licensing, but does this mean if we went with a
> 12 machine RAC, we'd only get counted as having 9 'cores', or would we
> actually then get counted for 12 'processors'? 
>   
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