Comments on: Per-terabyte pricing http://www.dbms2.com/2009/06/08/per-terabyte-pricing/ Choices in data management and analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2009/06/08/per-terabyte-pricing/#comment-221278 Curt Monash Thu, 05 May 2011 12:24:18 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=800#comment-221278 Randolph, Those are old figures now, but they were perpetual license figures, if I recall correctly. Oracle's 22% maintenance figure has become widely popular. Randolph,

Those are old figures now, but they were perpetual license figures, if I recall correctly.

Oracle’s 22% maintenance figure has become widely popular.

]]> By: Randolph http://www.dbms2.com/2009/06/08/per-terabyte-pricing/#comment-221243 Randolph Thu, 05 May 2011 08:04:56 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=800#comment-221243 Curt, Are these charges comparable? i.e. Are they once off charges or annual ? If once off, what percentage do they charge for support? Curt, Are these charges comparable?
i.e. Are they once off charges or annual ?
If once off, what percentage do they charge for support?

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]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2009/06/08/per-terabyte-pricing/#comment-125152 Curt Monash Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:40:45 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=800#comment-125152 A lot cheaper. :) I don't have more detail. But then, they have few enough OEMs each that each deal is surely negotiated separately. A lot cheaper. :)

I don’t have more detail.

But then, they have few enough OEMs each that each deal is surely negotiated separately.

]]> By: Robt. David http://www.dbms2.com/2009/06/08/per-terabyte-pricing/#comment-125144 Robt. David Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:07:58 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=800#comment-125144 You wrote: "Software-only DBMS vendors sometimes price per terabyte of user data. Vertica’s list price is $100K/TB. Greenplum’s list price is $70K/TB." Curt - do you have any idea how do these firms price out their product for ISVs/OEMs that embed their solutions (vs. end user implementations)? Thx. You wrote:
“Software-only DBMS vendors sometimes price per terabyte of user data. Vertica’s list price is $100K/TB. Greenplum’s list price is $70K/TB.”

Curt – do you have any idea how do these firms price out their product for ISVs/OEMs that embed their solutions (vs. end user implementations)? Thx.

]]> By: Michael McIntire http://www.dbms2.com/2009/06/08/per-terabyte-pricing/#comment-125010 Michael McIntire Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:38:23 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=800#comment-125010 I think the industry needs several new pricing models. The CPU or Data volume licensing models currently in place make a basic assumption that a particular volume of data is worth a set amount of value, and further, that the third party software company is entitled to a percentage of that value. The problem is, if you have an application which produces prodigious amounts of data at very low cost (see ANY web company for examples), the current pricing can and does exceed the value of the data per unit of licensing. Look no further than any large scale map/reduce or hadoop implementation for an example. I think the industry needs several new pricing models. The CPU or Data volume licensing models currently in place make a basic assumption that a particular volume of data is worth a set amount of value, and further, that the third party software company is entitled to a percentage of that value.

The problem is, if you have an application which produces prodigious amounts of data at very low cost (see ANY web company for examples), the current pricing can and does exceed the value of the data per unit of licensing. Look no further than any large scale map/reduce or hadoop implementation for an example.

]]> By: Rob Klopp http://www.dbms2.com/2009/06/08/per-terabyte-pricing/#comment-124650 Rob Klopp Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:38:47 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=800#comment-124650 Greenplum, like Vertica, does not charge for test or development systems. Greenplum, like Vertica, does not charge for test or development systems.

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