I agree with Mr. Still,
Our new project is licensed CPU based . The cpu count is important for
the server. So that distributed databases is not preferable anymore for
country wide applications. As Oracle says , this is a new feature of WEB
WORLD. If your applications are client -server then the rules may change.
Bunyamin Karadeniz
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> I suggest you talk to your Oracle rep before getting started.
>
> 'Concurrent' licensing is no longer a valid licensing model for Oracle.
>
> They sell by named user or per CPU. Their criteria for making you
> use the CPU licensing is rather broad.
>
> Just went through a licensing audit here. Lots o fun, let me tell you.
>
> While on the subject, does anyone have a good app/spreadsheet
> or template of some kind for tracking Oracle license use?
>
> It needs to track EE and Std versions, named and CPU licenses,
> servers, databases on the servers, users on the databases.
>
> I've cobbled my own stuff together from bits of string and baling wire,
> but I'm getting tired of messing with modifying SQL everytime I want
> a different view of the data, or to see if I can squeeze another app
> in without licensing more users.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jared
>
>
>
>
>
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> We have been asked to gather statistics on the number of clients using
> Oracle. This is being done to determine if we have sufficient licensing.
> We have about 100 instances to monitor.
>
> Has anyone done this? Any ideas on what "Concurrent users" might mean to
> the majority of people?
>
> We have both Oracle 7 and Oracle 8.
>
> Ron Smith
> DBA
> Kerr-McGee Corp
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