Hello, Solaris admins

(Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket 
server)  Solaris 11-11)

Does that mean I can install and use it  for one
1-4 Intel prosessor computer with maximum cores,
or one prosessor with max 4 cores ?

What do you think, is it better to buy older secondhand Sparc mill and 
Solaris 10 ?

Does Sunray 3 plus clients work on pc with Solaris 11 ?

-MM-

MM <mm@.> writes:
>(Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket 
>server)  Solaris 11-11)

>Does that mean I can install and use it  for one
>1-4 Intel prosessor computer with maximum cores,
>or one prosessor with max 4 cores ?

The socket language is pretty clear? If you have a machine with one
CPU package socketed, you buy one of these licenses. Doesn't matter if
it has 2,4,6 or 8 cores in the package. If you have a machine with two
CPU packages socketed, then you buy two of those licenses. 

Also, note, Solaris (10 or 11) is free to use for developing, testing,
prototyping and demonstrating your application. (Oracle OTN License).

Its only if you take into a "commerical or production purpose" that
you have to take Solaris (10 or 11) onto support contract to run in
"production".

>What do you think, is it better to buy older secondhand Sparc mill and 
>Solaris 10 ?

Doesn't matter, the same license terms are in effect for Solaris 10 & 11. 

I suppose you could argue you received the Solaris 10 license while it
was free, but then again, you could argue that you are just testing as well.
I don't think Oracle is going to go after you for a single installation.  

Of course, either way, you don't get patches unless you are on support anyway.

>Does Sunray 3 plus clients work on pc with Solaris 11 ?

I don't think they've updated the datasheet..

http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/sun-ray-software-ds-065317.pdf

But I'd imagine it would work just fine on Solaris 11 as well as 10. 

In article <jqso5e$fdo$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>, MM  <mm@.> wrote:
>(Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket 
>server)  Solaris 11-11)

<URL:https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=dstore:product:2787983085721519::NO:RP,6:P6_LPI,P6_PROD_HIER_ID:27242443094470222098916,6916016290451192110906>

>Does that mean I can install and use it  for one
>1-4 Intel prosessor computer with maximum cores,
>or one prosessor with max 4 cores ?

Its processor sockets, not processors or cores.

>What do you think, is it better to buy older secondhand Sparc mill and 
>Solaris 10 ?

Oracle Premier Support for Sun Systems which includes
Solaris support may be cheaper.
Let us know how much Oracle quotes you for your system.

John
groenveld@acm.org

In article <jqso5e$fdo$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>,
	MM <mm@.> writes:
> Hello, Solaris admins
> 
> (Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket 
> server)  Solaris 11-11)
> 
> Does that mean I can install and use it  for one
> 1-4 Intel prosessor computer with maximum cores,
> or one prosessor with max 4 cores ?

That subscription is per socket per year.
Core count doesn't come in to it.

-- 
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On 06/ 8/12 03:48 PM, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
> In article<jqso5e$fdo$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>,
> 	MM<mm@.>  writes:
>> Hello, Solaris admins
>>
>> (Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket
>> server)  Solaris 11-11)
>>
>> Does that mean I can install and use it  for one
>> 1-4 Intel prosessor computer with maximum cores,
>> or one prosessor with max 4 cores ?
>
> That subscription is per socket per year.
> Core count doesn't come in to it.
>

Ok, thank you for good answers.
Im still using Opebsolaris and
I dont know how long OpenIndiana lives.

I feel that Oracles 24/7 support and patches are
just I need.  Now I m lurkinkg behind firewall.
  Next year Im more wiser  for that support.
And that price is not too bad for one year experience.
The problem was how to choose right (single / dual  socket) computer.

In article <jqsro4$pc70$1@tr22n12.aset.psu.edu>,
John D Groenveld <groenvel@cse.psu.edu> wrote:
>In article <jqso5e$fdo$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>, MM  <mm@.> wrote:
>>(Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket 
>>server)  Solaris 11-11)
>
><URL:https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=dstore:product:2787983085721519::NO:RP,6:P6_LPI,P6_PROD_HIER_ID:27242443094470222098916,6916016290451192110906>
>
>>Does that mean I can install and use it  for one
>>1-4 Intel prosessor computer with maximum cores,
>>or one prosessor with max 4 cores ?
>
>Its processor sockets, not processors or cores.
>
>>What do you think, is it better to buy older secondhand Sparc mill and 
>>Solaris 10 ?
>
>Oracle Premier Support for Sun Systems which includes
>Solaris support may be cheaper.
>Let us know how much Oracle quotes you for your system.
>
>John
>groenveld@acm.org

What command to find out how many sockets a machine has?

Thanks,

David

On 06/13/12 10:40 AM, David Combs wrote:
> In article<jqsro4$pc70$1@tr22n12.aset.psu.edu>,
> John D Groenveld<groenvel@cse.psu.edu>  wrote:
>> In article<jqso5e$fdo$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>, MM<mm@.>  wrote:
>>> (Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket
>>> server)  Solaris 11-11)
>>
>> <URL:https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=dstore:product:2787983085721519::NO:RP,6:P6_LPI,P6_PROD_HIER_ID:27242443094470222098916,6916016290451192110906>
>>
>>> Does that mean I can install and use it  for one
>>> 1-4 Intel prosessor computer with maximum cores,
>>> or one prosessor with max 4 cores ?
>>
>> Its processor sockets, not processors or cores.
>>
>>> What do you think, is it better to buy older secondhand Sparc mill and
>>> Solaris 10 ?
>>
>> Oracle Premier Support for Sun Systems which includes
>> Solaris support may be cheaper.
>> Let us know how much Oracle quotes you for your system.
>>
>> John
>> groenveld@acm.org
>
> What command to find out how many sockets a machine has?

psrinfo -p

-- 
Ian Collins

In article <a3pv9bFdimU4@mid.individual.net>,
Ian Collins  <ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote:
>psrinfo -p

psrinfo(1M)
     -p              Display the number of physical processors in
                     a system.

prtdiag(1M) will report the system model and then you can
consult the specifications.

Perhaps the mainboard can be interrogated via ipmitool(1M)?

John
groenveld@acm.org

In article <jra0r1$ms5i$1@tr22n12.aset.psu.edu>,
John D Groenveld <groenvel@cse.psu.edu> wrote:
>In article <a3pv9bFdimU4@mid.individual.net>,
>Ian Collins  <ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>psrinfo -p
>
>psrinfo(1M)
>     -p              Display the number of physical processors in
>                     a system.
>
>prtdiag(1M) will report the system model and then you can
>consult the specifications.
>
>Perhaps the mainboard can be interrogated via ipmitool(1M)?
>
>John
>groenveld@acm.org

Thanks so much for all the info.

David