Hi all For those that are running or intending on running Oracle on Intel's Xeon CPU, the following information may be of interest to you.
The Xeon CPU has a feature called Hyper Threading with double the number of registers. This feature when turned will present to the Operating Systems an additional virtual CPU. As far as the O/S is concern, it looks like there are _two_ CPUs. What does this mean to your software licensing? Microsoft says that it is one CPU. What does Oracle say? Well, it depends on who you speak to and what day of the week it is. Seriously, you will need to get some confirmation in writing from your account manager the next time you purchase Oracle S/w for Intel's Xeon ta tony _____ ________ / ____|Tony Jambu, Database&Web Consultant /_ _ /_ __ / |Wizard Consulting Pty Ltd /(_)/ )(_/ \_/(///(/_)/_( |IOUG's Select Asia-Pacific Tech. Editor \_______/ |EMAIL: TJambu @ wizard.cx (REMOVE Spaces from email ) ----------------------------|PHONE: +61-419-TJAMBU(852628) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
