[Info-vax] Updated HPE/VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2L1 Marketing Brochures

[Kerry Main]

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> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Updated HPE/VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2L1
> Marketing Brochures
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> In article <mailman.11.1474603640.24380.info-
> vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>,
> "Kerry Main" <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > A huge part of the TCO is Oracle licensing costs which are
> double for
> > Alpha/IA64 due to Oracles anti-competition tax called their
> Processor
> > Core Factor which for Alpha/IA64 is 1.0. When charging $25-
> $50K per
> > core, this is a huge factor (add 50% per core if using RAC).
> 
> Right; it is expensive.
> 

I would add ridiculously expensive. 

> > The good news is that when OpenVMS X86-64/Oracle is
> available, the
> > Processor Core factor will be 0.5 - same as Linux. Hence,
> OpenVMS on
> > Alpha/IA64 customers should be able to cut their Oracle
license
> costs
> > by 50%.
> 
> Assuming that Oracle doesn't change their pricing model.
> 

The past and current Oracle pricing model is based on the server
HW platform - not the OS, so I highly doubt that will change
anytime soon.

> > Also remember that there is a potential to reduce OpenVMS
> license
> > costs in a migration because Alpha is core (cpu) based
licenses,
> while
> > I2/I4 systems are socket based.
> 
> Assuming that VSI doesn't change their pricing model.
> 

The previous statement about potential savings on core/cpu on
Alpha vs socket on I2/I4 is 100% true today. 

Moving from a 16 or 32 cpu Alpha to a 2 or 4 socket I4 server
could potentially have large savings on its own. On top of this,
when one looks at the exponentially increasing HW maint costs
associated with most Alpha systems today, the picture becomes
even better.

Note - There is a cost of delay (often called the price of doing
nothing) when one looks at IT cost and expense models.

Pure speculation, but in order to address its primary big
competitor on X86-64 (Linux -> Windows is taking the DEC race to
bottom) I am also hopeful that the pricing model will improve
even more with OpenVMS X86-64. 


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com