Hi Jared From the 10g licensing document "When using RAC and Standard Edition, the m= aximum number of processors per cluster is 4.", which I guess makes sense 4= processors talking to any given db is the limit whether RAC or standalone.= =20 <pet peeve> The old daft measurement of the theoretical capacity of the box rather than= the actual number of processors installed is still there "Oracle Database = Standard Edition can be licensed on single servers or server clusters that = have a maximum capacity of four processors. " </pet peeve> Cheers Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission +44 117 975 7805=20 -----Original Message----- From: jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx=20 Sent: 04 February 2004 14:23 To: jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: rac free with standasrd edition? Isn't the 4 CPU limit a per-server limit? ********************************************************************** This email contains information intended for the addressee only. It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professional privilege. Any dissemination, distribution, copyright or use of this communication without prior permission of the sender is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------