Well, thats obviously a trick question.
The V440 uses the 1.6Ghz UltraSPARC IIIi processor - up to 4 of them. For Oracle licensing, 4 processors is 4 cores that have to be accounted for. Currently Oracle licence servers by the core, something that the multi-core chip vendors are, shall we say, discussing with them - but that would be a different blog.
To get a similar level of computing power from a V490, you only need 2 of the latest 1.5GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors. These chips, are dual core, so 2 processors give 4 cores. The UltraSPARC IV+ cores packs more punch than the UltraSPARC IIIi processor so it will give you better performance but with less power and subsequent cooling required. Now, like that shampoo advertisment, 'here comes the science bit'. Oracle only count the cores in a multi-core chip as 0.75 of a processor licensing unit. So while each dual core processor is 1.5 times the cost of the V440 processor, there are only 2 of them so that totals 3 Oracle processor units.
V440 - 4 Oracle Processor licenses, V490 of similar computing power 3 Oracle Processor licenses
Q. Why do Oracle licenses cost less on a V490 when compared to a V440
Posted by : Anonymous | 02 December, 2005 | Published in
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