RHEL 5.1 licence - Sockets vs Cores ?

[Exie]

Hi Folks,

I've got a nice new server lined up with 2 x quad core Xeon's in it.

I want to put RHEL5.1 on it and sit Oracle on top. My question is, there are 2 flavors of RHEL5.1 Basic and Advanced Platform.

I'd normally pick the Basic one, but it said its limited to 2 sockets .... technically, the machine only has 2 sockets.

Can I get away with Basic, or will I need the Advanced Platform ?

 

[Annihilannic]

I would say they used the term 'socket' specifically to avoid any ambiguity, so I'm pretty sure you should be fine with Basic. Perhaps ask Red Hat though to be sure, to be sure!

Annihilannic.

 

[hfaix]

99.5% sure you're fine.