Trey Dockendorf wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Trey Dockendorf wrote:
>> > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:42 AM, John Beranek <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >> On 02/11/2011 10:31, Patrick Lists wrote:
>> >> > On 11/02/2011 11:02 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote:
>> >> >> What is a "socket" in their pricing model? The word can mean so
>> >> >> many different things...
>> >> >
>> >> > Afaik it refers to a physical cpu socket. So they count actual
>> >> > cpu's, not the amount of cores in each cpu.
>> >>
>> > The sockets refers to the literal, physical CPUs. Virtual CPUs (for
>> > guests) or cores do not count. Unless your running some kind of
>> > mainframe
>> > you will likely have a server with anywhere from 1-2 sockets. My
>> > understanding of the licensing is that you pay for the
>> > host/hypervisor/machine to have RHEL, plus however many guests the
>> > license includes. So 4 or unlimited.
>> <snip>
>> Heh. Depends on where you work: we've been getting in servers with 4,
>> like the Dell PE 810, and some Penguins we've got, and I think the
>> new ones (haven't opened any up) have more.
>
> <jealous> . That is very true. Your organization must also value Linux.
> Mine doesn't and is poor. State funded University :-/.
*snarl* Cut funding to public colleges, we don't need no steenkin' po'
kids getting an education and uppity....
Sorry, I feel very strongly about that.
For the moment, we have the money; what happens in a few weeks, that could
well be another story, but we do *serious* scientific computing.
mark, speaking only for himself, not his employer, a US federal
contractor, nor for the US gov't Dept he works at
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