Comments on: Eric Lai on Oracle Exadata, and some addenda http://www.dbms2.com/2008/09/29/eric-lai-oracle-exadata/ Choices in data management and analysis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2008/09/29/eric-lai-oracle-exadata/#comment-98339 Curt Monash Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:22:19 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=582#comment-98339 Right. The server-side licenses in general aren't counted. But the server-side hardware is. $2.3 million is a remarkably meaningless number. Right. The server-side licenses in general aren’t counted. But the server-side hardware is.

$2.3 million is a remarkably meaningless number.

]]> By: Tom http://www.dbms2.com/2008/09/29/eric-lai-oracle-exadata/#comment-98338 Tom Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:44:14 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=582#comment-98338 From Oracle's Exadata Price List: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/exadata-pricelist.pdf 1 Database Machine = $650K Exadata Storage Server SW = $10K/disk; 168 disks/DB Machine = $1,680K $1,680K + $650K = $2.33M Looks like $2.3M is for Database Machine HW + Exadata Storage Server SW with no Oracle Database licenses. From Oracle’s Exadata Price List:

http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/exadata-pricelist.pdf

1 Database Machine = $650K
Exadata Storage Server SW = $10K/disk; 168 disks/DB Machine = $1,680K

$1,680K + $650K = $2.33M

Looks like $2.3M is for Database Machine HW + Exadata Storage Server SW with no Oracle Database licenses.

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2008/09/29/eric-lai-oracle-exadata/#comment-98158 Curt Monash Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:18:08 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=582#comment-98158 That makes sense. It's hard to imagine where the number could be coming from otherwise. I emailed you asking for permission to upload your version of the spreadsheet, by the way. That makes sense. It’s hard to imagine where the number could be coming from otherwise.

I emailed you asking for permission to upload your version of the spreadsheet, by the way.

]]> By: Bence http://www.dbms2.com/2008/09/29/eric-lai-oracle-exadata/#comment-98154 Bence Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:58:48 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=582#comment-98154 Regarding pricing, I believe that the $2.33 million figure for a whole system is misleading. During the keynote, Ellison put up a slide about pricing, which showed the price for a fully loaded ODM as $650,000 (hardware) + 1,680,000 (licenses), which amounts to $2,330,000 total. But there was a comment to the software licenses part of the slide: "Use your existing database licenses & 0% discount on storage server software". So it looks to me that the $2.3 million figure applies only if you already have the Oracle licenses and want to migrate an existing DW to the Database Machine. Otherwise you have to pay extra. Regarding pricing, I believe that the $2.33 million figure for a whole system is misleading.

During the keynote, Ellison put up a slide about pricing, which showed the price for a fully loaded ODM as $650,000 (hardware) + 1,680,000 (licenses), which amounts to $2,330,000 total. But there was a comment to the software licenses part of the slide: “Use your existing database licenses & 0% discount on storage server software”.

So it looks to me that the $2.3 million figure applies only if you already have the Oracle licenses and want to migrate an existing DW to the Database Machine. Otherwise you have to pay extra.

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