We can buy machines with the CPUs installed but turned off and only activate them when needed. I don't think we need to license Oracle for the CPUs that are turned off.
Regards, Denny -- Denny Koovakattu Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Actually, I believe it is even more restrictive than that. > > It doesn't matter how many CPU's are in the machine, what matters > is how many CPU's the machine is capable of holding. > > So what they are really licensing is not the # of CPU's, but > the class of the machine. > > Try digging in the archives, this has been discussed recently. > > Jared > > > > > > "Tanel Poder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 11/17/2003 07:04 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: Re: how can I make Oracle not use all processors in > machine? > > > Hi! > > You should check the licensing agreements first, AFAIK you need a licence > for each CPU in server, it doesn't matter how many of them you actually > use. > > Also I haven't heard that HP-UX supported CPU affinity anyway... > > Tanel. > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:04 PM > > > > Hi! > > > > We are currently discussing Oracle licensing issues. Due to the number > of > > users, named user licensing is not an option for us. > > > > Our HP-boxes are having 10 processors each. Since the CPU's are 90% > idle, > we > > are thinking about limiting Oracle to only using 4 out of the 10 CPUs. > Is > > this possible (i.e. via the parameter cpu_count)? > > The other 6 CPU's will then be used by other applications ion the box > (e.g. > > BEA WebLogic etc.). > > > > This is 9.2 on HP-UX 11.11. > > > > Thanks, > > Helmut > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Daiminger, Helmut > > 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). > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Tanel Poder > 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). > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Denny Koovakattu 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).
