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BYOSL Note 3 — Oracle Cloud OCPU

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Kind
Cloud / BYOL
Statement
IBM Eligible Public Cloud BYOSL Policy (retrieved 2026-08-31): footnotes “do not apply universally to all offerings.” Where the EPC table footnotes Note 3 (Oracle Cloud Compute Instances): “An Oracle Compute Unit (OCPU) corresponds to two hardware execution threads, known as vCPUs. PVU licensing requires 1 OCPU = 2 vCPU = 140 PVU.” Oracle Cloud Compute only. Note 1’s 70-flat rate does not apply here. This mapping does not extend to Oracle ACE (different vendor policy).
Applies when
Deploying IBM PVU-licensed software on Oracle Cloud Compute Instances as an Eligible Public Cloud under BYOSL, where IBM footnotes Note 3.
Applies to
Oracle Cloud Compute Instances under Eligible Public Cloud BYOSL (IBM-footnoted Note 3). Not Oracle ACE. Not a universal IBM cloud mapping.
Aliases
Note 3; 1 OCPU = 2 vCPU = 140 PVU; Oracle Cloud Compute
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