Processor licensing is used when users can’t be counted or verified. Web-based applications are a good example of using Oracle’s Processor licensing as it is a difficult environment to count licenses in. Oracle does not offer Processor licensing if using Personal Edition Oracle products. The number of required licenses should be evaluated by multiplying the total number of cores of the processor by a core processor-licensing factor specified on the Oracle Processor Core Factor Table (check your Oracle contract for your terms).
You pay per Processor you run the Oracle software on; however Oracle has a special definition of “processor” which may or may not match that of your hardware vendor. When licensing Oracle programs with Standard Edition One or Standard Edition in the product name, processor is counted equivalent to a socket; however, in the case of multi-chip modules, each chip in the multi-chip module is counted as one occupied socket.
Our previous Oracle Licensing Quick Guide states there are a few important factors to remember with Oracle’s Processor Licensing;