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Which type of DB are you talking about<br />
EE - Oracle Enterprise Edition<br />
SE - Oracle Standard Edition<br />
SE2 - Oracle Standard Edition 2<br />
or something else?
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Which type of DB are you talking about
EE - Oracle Enterprise Edition
SE - Oracle Standard Edition
SE2 - Oracle Standard Edition 2
or something else?

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My understanding is that Oracle DB licensing is based on number of cores etc. If you use virtual machines (e.g.ldoms) you need to partition it properly otherwise, in theory you have to pay based on the host machine.<br />
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&nbsp;Can anyone confirm I'm right here? And explain it in bit more detail..<br />
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I can sort of understand how it works with physical server (find cores, use multiplier job done).<br />
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We've got a number of T3-1 servers.1 cpu, 2 core, 16 threads, ldoms see 128 VCPUs. If I have, say, three ldoms on this server, only one runnign oracle and this is properly partiioned to use only 16 VCPUs how does this translate to cores?
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My understanding is that Oracle DB licensing is based on number of cores etc. If you use virtual machines (e.g.ldoms) you need to partition it properly otherwise, in theory you have to pay based on the host machine.

 Can anyone confirm I'm right here? And explain it in bit more detail..


I can sort of understand how it works with physical server (find cores, use multiplier job done).

We've got a number of T3-1 servers.1 cpu, 2 core, 16 threads, ldoms see 128 VCPUs. If I have, say, three ldoms on this server, only one runnign oracle and this is properly partiioned to use only 16 VCPUs how does this translate to cores?

Oracle licensing (Specifically VMs/LDOMS on Solaris)

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.