On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Trey Dockendorf wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:42 AM, John Beranek <john at redux.org.uk> 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. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > <jealous> . That is very true. Your organization must also value Linux. Mine doesn't and is poor. State funded University :-/. - Trey