| Support costs [message #235675] |
Mon, 07 May 2007 11:41  |
Mr.Chip
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Registered: May 2007
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Hello,
This is my first post - I hope I have it in the right forum. If not, please advise and I will move it.
First off, I want to disclose that I am not a dba, nor have I personally used Oracle. However, I am a huge fan of the software (from a marketing perspective) and often work with companies who run Oracle on their servers.
My question is about Oracle support costs. I know that Oracle charges a set fee per CPU for an annual support contract (I believe it is around $8,000 per CPU). What happens if a company wishes to upgrade an older server to a newer server that has fewer CPUs? For example, what if you start with an HP9000 server that has 8 CPUs. Then you wish to upgrade to an HP Integrity server. Thanks to the faster processors, you only need 4 CPUs on the Integrity.
Would this company have to continue to pay Oracle $8,000 x 8 or $64,000 per year for support, or would their support costs drop to $32,000 ($8,000 x 4 CPUs)?
I realize that this is not a technical question, per say, but was hoping that someone here could comment on personal experience.
In summary, my question is can companies save some money in ongoing annual support costs by upgrading to newer, faster servers with fewer CPUs?
Thank you!
Chip
P.S. I am aware that Oracle treats some dual core processors differently in terms of licensing. For simplicity sake, I am ignoring the issue of "cores". If you think it needs to be included in the equation, please let me know.
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| Re: Support costs [message #235690 is a reply to message #235677] |
Mon, 07 May 2007 12:28  |
Mr.Chip
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Registered: May 2007
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Michel,
Thanks for the quick reply. Can you provide a more specific link? Your link sent me to a landing page and I wasn't sure where to go.
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