Oracle licensing question- per server or instance?

We have 2 vendor/3rdparty applications that uses oracle database and purchased oracle licenses for both. They used to run on separate servers. Last year we consolidated these two oracle instances on a single server. Now we are looking to add a 3rd and 4th vendor/3rdparty application using oracle database. All require Oracle 9i Standard.
Is the oracle licence valid for the server and all instances running on it ?
or
Is the oracle license valid per instance? In other words, are we required to purchase a 3rd and 4th license for the new application instances being added?

Oracle Database licensing is based on named user OR on number of processors. See http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/databaselicensing.pdf

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johnpau2013 wrote:
I know Oracle Standard Edition ONE is only licensed to install on a server with a max of 2 processors.
1) Now when it comes to the type of processor does it matter what type of processors they are ?
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However, in the mean time, you can read http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/sig-070616.pdf .
SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT PAGE 15. Many people (including some in this thread) are totaly wrong about how Standard Edition is licensed.
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I do not know if this the correct place to ask this question.
I want to have some information about Oracle Licenses: If i got an Oracle 11gR2 License for Enterprise edition along with Active Dataguard, Oracle RAC and Partitioning.
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Depends - pl post your OS and database versions.
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Hi,
did you have a look at:
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? As far as I can see licensing 15 users on a 1-2 socket server should not be an issue. If you would have a bit more users you could consider a socket license (5800.- US$ / socket).
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I get a little confused about Apple's licensing of OS X Server.
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...does it mean that I have a license for one server that allows up to 10 clients to connect to it but each of the clients must have it's own, unique copy of OS X installed on it?
The 10 client connection is for concurrent client connections over AFP. However, this should not be an issue if you are deploying Snow Leopard. Apple removed the 10 user product and only the unlimited server is available.
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NetBoot can get a little fuzzy. But the assumption is that all of the systems that you are NetBooting came with an original client license, so centralizing the OS to the server and then sharing it out does not exceed your licensing. OS X Server is a different product than OS X. You are running OS X Server on a server device, one server hardware per one copy of OS X Server. Server then shares out the client.
I'm not terribly familiar with any of this, although our (small) company has recently acquired a copy of OS X Tiger Server with a 10 client license. If we add more systems, do we need to get an OS X license for each of them OUTSIDE of the Server, or does the server license provide a provision for us to install a copy of OS X on each of them.
No. But if you get new machines, they are coming with Snow. Snow and Tiger will not interoperate easily. For example, Tiger server can not server Snow netboot images. Plus Tiger is a bit long in the tooth so finding hardware to boot it might be more trouble than it is worth.
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I hope I'm clear on this question, as "legal" documentation and its implications leave me very frequently dazed and confused.
Thanks to all/anyone that responds.
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Our understanding and clarifications needed:
- Our potential client must have an Enterprise level licese on Oracle E-Business Suite in order to allow them to deploy/run our application (3rd party).
- If our potential clients host our application on Oracle HTTP server (from the same box as the Oracle EBS database) then they dont need additional license. Otherwise, they'll have to buy HTTP Server licenses as well?
- What is the best tool (economical and production level performances point of view) to host a 3rd party apex application? Glassfish, Http server, Java standalone?
You have to contact your local Oracle Sales Representative for Oracle Licensing as no one else can give you right info and also would suggest you to visit
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/price-lists/index.html
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Hi Michael
You are right, it is confusing...
I think it will be better to contact sales to get this explained as opposed to technical support people that monitor this SCN Space.
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