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3 Capacity-On-Demand Licensing Information

This chapter provides capacity-on-demand licensing information for Oracle Database Appliance bare metal installations.

Oracle Database Appliance Capacity-on-Demand Licensing

Capacity-on-Demand software licensing enables you to deploy as few or as many processors in Oracle Database Appliance as your workload requires.

Oracle Database Appliance’s Capacity-on-Demand feature enables you to add more processor cores to scale up to increased system demands as you need to, without incurring the excessive costs and downtime usually associated with hardware upgrades. Additional cores are increased in 2-core increments.

Oracle Database Appliance Scaling Capabilities

The following table lists the scaling capacities for Oracle Database Appliance bare metal and virtualized platform deployments. The decision to use bare-metal or Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform depends on your company policies and the benefits that each implementation offers your company.

Table 3-1 Oracle Database Appliance Scaling Capacities

Oracle Database Appliance Platform Minimum Number Processor Cores Maximum Number Processor Cores

X8-2S

2

16

X8-2M

2

32

X8-2-HA

2

64

X7-2S

2

10

X7-2M

2

36

X7-2-HA

2

72

X6-2S

2

10

X6-2M

2

20

X6-2L

2

20

X6-2-HA

2

40

X5-2

2

72

X4-2

2

48

Applications Deployed on Oracle Database Appliance and Capacity-on-Demand

All Oracle products that are deployed on Oracle Database Appliance can take advantage of Capacity-on-Demand licensing.

Note:

For the procedure to set the CPU Core Count, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User Guide for your hardware model.

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Capacity-On-Demand Licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S, X8-2M, and X8-2-HA

Review capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S, X8-2M, and X8-2-HA.

For the procedure to set the CPU Core Count, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User Guide for your hardware model.

The following list describes the number of cores for each Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 model:

  • Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S is a single server consisting of 16 cores.

  • Oracle Database Appliance X8-2M is a single server consisting of 32 cores.

  • Oracle Database Appliance X8-2-HA consists of two servers. Each server has 32 cores, for a total of 64 cores.

By default, Oracle Database Appliance ships with all cores enabled. You can reduce the number of active cores before or after deployment. You can increase the number of active cores when additional capacity is needed. This is known as capacity-on-demand. Additional cores are increased in 2-core increments.

Rules and Restrictions for Setting CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S, X8-2M, and X8-2-HA Bare Metal Deployments

Review the following rules and restrictions before changing the CPU core count:

  • You can change the CPU core count to a value that is a multiple of two between 2 and the maximum number of cores for the hardware model. For example, for X8-2-HA, between 2 and 32 cores for each server for a maximum of 64 cores.

  • If you change the CPU core count, then you can subsequently only increase the CPU core count.

  • You should only change the CPU core count if you need less than the maximum number of cores.

    For example, if you change the CPU core count to 8, then you can subsequently increase the CPU core count to a higher number (in increments of 2 cores), but you cannot decrease the CPU core count.

  • If you want the maximum number of cores for each server (32 cores per server for X8-2M and X8-2-HA), then use the default configuration. There is no need to set the CPU core count.

Note:

If you mistakenly followed the procedure to set your CPU core count to the maximum, thereby preventing you from subsequently decreasing your CPU core count, and the error is caught immediately, then contact Oracle Support.

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Capacity-On-Demand Licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S, X7-2M, and X7-2-HA

Review capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S, X7-2M, and X7-2-HA.

For the procedure to se the CPU Core Count, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User Guide for your hardware model.

The following list describes the number of cores for each Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 model:

  • Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S is a single server consisting of 10 cores.

  • Oracle Database Appliance X7-2M is a single server consisting of 36 cores.

  • Oracle Database Appliance X7-2-HA consists of two servers. Each server has 36 cores, for a total of 72 cores.

By default, Oracle Database Appliance ships with all cores enabled. You can reduce the number of active cores before or after deployment. You can increase the number of active cores when additional capacity is needed. This is known as capacity-on-demand. Additional cores are increased in 2-core increments.

Rules and Restrictions for Setting CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X7-2S, X7-2M, and X7-2-HA Bare Metal Deployments

Review the following rules and restrictions before changing the CPU core count:

  • You can change the CPU core count to a value that is a multiple of two between 2 and the maximum number of cores for the hardware model. For example, for X7-2-HA, between 2 and 36 cores for each server for a maximum of 72 cores.

  • If you change the CPU core count, then you can subsequently only increase the CPU core count.

  • You should only change the CPU core count if you need less than the maximum number of cores.

    For example, if you change the CPU core count to 8, then you can subsequently increase the CPU core count to a higher number (in increments of 2 cores), but you cannot decrease the CPU core count.

  • If you want the maximum number of cores for each server (36 cores per server for X7-2M and X7-2-HA), then use the default configuration. There is no need to set the CPU core count.

Note:

If you mistakenly followed the procedure to set your CPU core count to the maximum, thereby preventing you from subsequently decreasing your CPU core count, and the error is caught immediately, then contact Oracle Support.

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Capacity-On-Demand Licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA

Review capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA.

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA consists of two servers. Each server has 20 CPU cores. By default, Oracle Database Appliance ships with all cores enabled on both servers:

  • 20 CPU cores enabled on each of the two servers

  • 40 enabled CPU cores

Rules and Restrictions for Setting CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA

Review the following rules and restrictions before changing the CPU core count:

  • You can change the CPU core count to a value that is a multiple of two between 2 and 20 for each server.

  • If you change the CPU core count, then you can subsequently only increase the CPU core count.

    For example, if you change the CPU core count to 12, then you can subsequently change the CPU core count to 16, or 20. If you later change the CPU core count to 16, then you can subsequently change the CPU core count to 20.

  • If you want 20 CPU cores for each server, then use the default configuration. There is no need to set the CPU core count to 40.

Note:

If you mistakenly followed the procedure to set your CPU core count to 40, thereby preventing you from subsequently decreasing your CPU core count, and the error is caught immediately, then contact Oracle Support.

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Capacity-On-Demand Licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M and X6-2L

Review capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M and X6-2L.

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M and X6-2L are each a single server consisting of 20 cores. By default, Oracle Database Appliance ships with all cores enabled. Capacity-on-demand is only applicable to Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software.

The number of active cores can be reduced before or after deployment. The number of active cores can be increased when additional capacity is needed. This is known as capacity-on-demand. Additional cores are increased in 2-core increments.

Rules and Restrictions for Setting CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M and X6-2L Bare Metal Deployments

Review the following rules and restrictions before changing the CPU core count:

  • You can change the CPU core count to a value that is a multiple of two between 2 and 20.

  • If you change the CPU core count, then you can subsequently only increase the CPU core count.

  • You should only change the CPU core count if you need less than 20 cores.

Note:

If you mistakenly followed the procedure to set your CPU core count to 20, thereby preventing you from subsequently decreasing your CPU core count, then contact Oracle Support.

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Capacity-On-Demand Licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S

Review capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S.

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S is a single server consisting of 10 cores. By default, Oracle Database Appliance ships with all cores enabled. Capacity-on-demand is only applicable to Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software.

The number of active cores can be reduced before or after deployment. The number of active cores can be increased when additional capacity is needed. This is known as capacity-on-demand. Additional cores are increased in 2-core increments.

Rules and Restrictions for Setting CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S Bare Metal Deployments

Review the following rules and restrictions before changing the CPU core count:

  • You can change the CPU core count to a value that is a multiple of two between 2 and 10.

  • If you change the CPU core count, then you can subsequently only increase the CPU core count.

  • You should only change the CPU core count if you need less than 10 cores.

Note:

If you mistakenly followed the procedure to set your CPU core count to 10, thereby preventing you from subsequently decreasing your CPU core count, then contact Oracle Support.

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Capacity-On-Demand Licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X5-2

Review capacity-on-demand licensing for Oracle Database Appliance X5-2.

Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 consists of two servers. Each server has 36 CPU cores. By default, Oracle Database Appliance ships with all cores enabled on both servers:

  • 36 CPU cores enabled on each of the two servers

  • 72 enabled CPU cores

You can use the default CPU core count of 2 for each server, or you can change the CPU core count by following the procedure in "Setting the CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 Bare Metal Deployments". For example, if you change the CPU core count to 18 for each server, then:

  • 18 CPU cores are enabled on each of the two servers

  • You have a total of 36 enabled CPU cores

Rules and Restrictions for Setting CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 Bare Metal Deployments

Review the following rules and restrictions before changing the CPU core count:

  • You can change the CPU core count to a value that is a multiple of two between 2 and 36 for each server.

  • If you change the CPU core count, then you can subsequently only increase the CPU core count.

    For example, if you change the CPU core count to 28, then you can subsequently change the CPU core count to 30, 32, 34, or 36. If you later change the CPU core count to 34, then you can subsequently change the CPU core count to 36.

  • If your desired CPU core count is 36 for each server, then use the default configuration. There is no need to follow the procedure in "Setting the CPU Core Count on Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 Bare Metal Deployments" to set the CPU core count to 36.

Note:

If you mistakenly followed the procedure to set your CPU core count to 36, thereby preventing you from subsequently decreasing your CPU core count, and the error is caught immediately, then contact Oracle Support.

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