Update: Oracle license conditions at Tier 1 sites

27 November 2014, WLCG Overview Board - 26th Meeting https://indico.cern.ch/event/336878/

Eric Grancher, CERN IT-DB

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Outlook• Brief history (< 2013)• Current contract (2013-)• Future

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Brief history• 1996: 835 CERN concurrent users• 2002: 10,000 CERN named users• 2006: 4,000 CERN named users, 152 processor

licenses for Tier1 sites, provision for additional processor licenses

• 2006-2013 additional processor licenses bought by Tier1 sites through CERN

• 2013-2018: new contract

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New contract structure (1/3)• Concerns with previous contract structure: Tier1 sites processors /cores

bound, (CERN named users,) new products (GoldenGate, Tuning/Diagnostic packs, Real Application Testing, etc. required), etc.

• Shared on 27 March 2013, start May 2013, 5 years duration• Covers both CERN and “Tier1 sites for WLCG”• No link between users and core• CAMPUS license (academic) based on the number of users• List of Tier 1 sites explicit in the contract, can be updated• 5 years “term” license and support for a set of products (Database, Java

Web, Business Intelligence)

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New contract structure (2/3)• DB: Enterprise Edition, RAC, partitioning, in-

memory, tuning, diagnostics, GoldenGate • Not exceed cost for 2018-2023• To be shared in the weeks to come

• Letter of compliance with • Contract including list of products• Master agreement

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New contract structure (3/3)

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Conclusion• 2013-2018 covers WLCG Tier1 sites and CERN

with possibility to extend until 2023• In case Oracle representatives are asking details,

contact between Oracle people is recommended (Vincent.Burguburu@oracle.com)

• Work on alternative technologies is also happening• Tier1 sites DBA and IT-DB joint work for data

replication in a community, thank you!

Backup slides

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Alternatives• A number of projects have moved to

alternatives• OnDemand MySQL and PostgreSQL

service, scale-out database project

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Master agreement• CERN may also allow a Tier 1 center (defined and listed in the

Exhibit A) to use the programs in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement and all applicable ordering documents. CERN may allow a Tier 1 center to use the programs for the purpose of the CERN experiments, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement and all applicable ordering documents. CERN shall be responsible for any breach of such terms by the Tier 1 centers. The Tier 1 centers, which are specified in the attached Exhibit A to the OMA and which is valid as of the effective date of this list, modified accordingly and an amendment to the OMA shall be signed between the parties.