Refer to the exhibit.
A customer has two HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 servers running as an Oracle cluster. They are trying to reduce licensing costs and want to move to the best processor available from the list to minimize licensing costs while still providing a high level of performance for the Oracle database.
Which DL380 Gen10 processor would you recommend?
Given the need to reduce licensing costs while maintaining high performance, the Intel Xeon-Platinum 8256 with 4 cores and a frequency of 3.8GHz is the best choice. Oracle licensing is typically based on the number of cores, so fewer cores mean lower licensing costs. In this case, the 8256 offers the optimal balance between minimizing core count and providing substantial performance due to its high frequency.
8256 is the lower cost option for licensing because of 4 cores. So I go for C
8256 core number 4-core
The question states they still want performance, but also to lower their costs. So the answer provided is correct, as it provided similar performance. It is however slightly ambiguous as how much performance do they need, possibly a 8256 is sufficiently fast enough. 8253 2.2x16= 35.2 8256 3.8x4 =15.2
Should be C. Intel Xeon-Platinum 8256 Intel Xeon-Platinum 8256 : 3.8Ghz for best speed 4-Core for minimize licensing costs Oracle
Should choose the processor with higher frequency and least number of cores. The 8256 processor is the best choice.
I'm going with the 8256 as 8253 is roughly double the performance but then 4 times the licencing cost so still 2x less efficient money wise.
I'm with Psycosis on his/her logic. 8253 is the lowest core count at 16 listed without dropping all the way to 4, I'm not sure the speed differential is enough to still satisfy the customer performance requirement. They'd still be saving a fair bit on Oracle licencing versus 22+ core options.