> Your comments on NetWorker's licensing couldn't be more spot-on. FWIW, > MOST backup products are similar; TSM is one of the very few with > licensing as simple as it is. One other, although completely different, > product with a simple licensing model is Asigra, where it's pure > capacity-based - no agent/client licensing, no CPU count, just GB > protected.
This is interesting. The other day I was talking to my manager about TSM licensing and mentioned the big thread about licensing confusion. He mentioned that he would LIKE it if TSM used a simple capacity-based license. His reasoning was that it would directly tie the cost of TSM back to what we use it for, and let him more easily force issues around long/big retensions we have. Rick
