The license agreement specifically mentions CPU counts, so I'd imagine that you're bound by the hardware, regardless of virtual machines. I.e. if you have a dual proc machine, you can get a single license and install it as many times as you want. However, you're going to run into some serious performance bottlenecks if you have more than a couple virtual machines, because there's a lot of overhead.
With the blades, however, each blade would almost certainly count as a separate machine. Even though they share some hardware via the bladecenter, each one still has it's own CPU, and that's the basis for how CF is licensed. And I believe with CF7, the license specifically says "CPUs in a single machine", so if you've got a 2 CPU license, that's only good for a single blade, even if the blade only has one CPU. cheers, barneyb On 6/22/05, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried to find out if this is possible. We are going to be deploying > > VMware across the blades of a Bladecenter. There are possibly 30 web > > servers (IIS or Apache as the need is) going to running across the > > blades for various websites/applications. Is it possible for one copy > > of CF Enterprise to be deployed across all these servers and also have > > the features of Enterprise stay as is? > > I'm not sure what you're asking, exactly. > > You can certainly install Enterprise on as many virtual machines as you > like. Each virtual machine is, for all intents and purposes, just like a > physical machine. Each virtual machine on which you install CFMX Enterprise > will have a full copy of it, along with all its functionality. > > However, while that's technically possible, it may violate your license > unless you purchase a copy for each VM. Honestly, I don't know what the > policy is for licensing MM software on virtual machines, but I haven't seen > anything to indicate it's any different from installing on physical > machines. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5460 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
