[CentOS] redhat vs centos

Mon Nov 7 23:53:26 UTC 2011
John Beranek <john at redux.org.uk>

On 07/11/2011 22:23, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 07.11.2011 22:50, schrieb Marko Vojinovic:
>> Typically, you have no way of knowing the physical structure of
>> the "cloud machine" where your virtual machine is being hosted.
>> Also, this structure may even change over time due to upgrades of
>> the cloud hardware (by the cloud provider). You wouldn't even
>> know about it.
> 
> again:
> 
> the physical structure does not matter you pay for virtaul CPUs as
> you do also for virtual appliances of some vendors where you can
> get a license with 2 vCPUs or 4 vCPUs - independent if you have
> your own hardware or using any hsoting service
> 
> what is there so difficulty to understand?

The difficulty in understanding is that RHEL licensing is quoted
solely on *SOCKETS*. My VMs don't have sockets! What is difficult to
understand there!?

John.

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