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On Nov 2, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Edward Bratt wrote:
> Yes. That is fine. GF is sold in increments of 4 sockets. How those
> sockets are deployed is up to the customer.
> -- Ed
>
> Adam Rojas wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>> My rep requires this by end of business today. To me this looks
>> as though one 4 socket license can cover 2 Servers, and if a
>> customer was using a 6 socket sever they could quote Qty.(2) 4
>> Socket licenses and not need to jump up to a 32 Socket license.
>> Can you please confirm.
>>
>> Thanks in advance and sorry for the push!
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Can you confirm the following licensing question for me? Customer
>>> wants to know the definition of a '4 Socket Unit' in the licensing
>>> description of Glassfish Enterprise Server. If the customer has a
>>> 6 Socket Server do they quote a Qty.(2) 4 Socket Units, or Qty.(1)
>>> 32 Socket Unit? If there were Qty.(2) Servers each with 2 Sockets
>>> would Qty.(1) 4 Socket license be sufficient? Or would we require
>>> Qty.(2) 4 Socket Licenses?
>>>
>>>
>>> "In this case, the M4000 has two CPUs present (even though it's
>>> capable of 4 CPU) and the Dell
>>> box is a 2-cpu capable system. So in theory it could be 6 CPUs
>>> total so maybe that answers my question. ??
>>> We can't manage future growth so we need to base it on box
>>> capability. If so, then
>>> We would need a RTU for each box but if it were two Dell boxes
>>> being only 2 cpu capable, the could use the one RTU.
>>> If that is the case, then the customer has a 2nd Dell box at a
>>> separate DR location, can that 4 socket CPU RTU be shared
>>> from two separate locations? sigh...my head hurts."
>>