BI 11G Standard Edition One: can the iOS client work with it?

Question

Is it possible to run the iOS (iPhone/iPad) BI client with BI 11G Standard Edition ONE? Anyone tried?
Thanks a lot in advance

Answer 1

nonsense - if you have only 2 sockets (include the multi-chip factor when calculating the number of sockets -- see my posting) and not using the rest of the sockets and your motherboard allows it - it should be no problem in licensing. The problem arises if your socket count goes more than 2 by installing another CPU -- then you need to upgrade to the proper Oracle license.
remember, if this is a Linux box, and you installed a single (1) dual-core CPU (AMD or Intel Xeon for example), then the socket count is 1x2x0.5=1 socket (you are paying single processor license for SE1), if you install another dual-core CPU, then your socket count becomes 2 (which is the max # of sockets for SE1) and you pay 2 x processor license. if you install another dual-core CPU, then you have 3 sockets and you need SE license (3 x processor license for SE for the same box).
note:
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apparently, when it comes to SE1 and SE licensing, the MCM (Multi-Chip-Module) definition becomes extremely important. If it is a Power 5 cpu, it is definitely an MCM, for AMD Opteron Barcelona CPU - it is not MCM. For Xeon, yes it uses MCM but the word is that when some folks called their Oracle Sales rep, they were told it is not MCM (even Intel said, it utilized MCM technology for that particular Xeon CPU). I guess it depends what your Sales rep tells you or what your research reveals for the CPU you are planning to use. Here is a related URL, for those who interested:
http://www.pythian.com/news/1009/recent-changes-to-oracle-se-licensing-rules-higher-price
I wish there was a clear MCM definition in Oracle's OLSA (such as a table similar -- but more detailed -- to the newly updated core count table).
hope this proves helpful.
Zaf
Edited by: zaferaktan on Jul 6, 2009 3:54 PM