> -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:51 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF Licensing on VMs? > > So you actually want to pay per virtual server instead of per physical > box, > which will obviously cost more. > Are you mad?
How so? We've got one, say, 32 processor box. Running, say, 20 VMs (some VMs are assigned one processor, some two, some more - it all depends on performance needs). However only TWO of those VMs are running CF and both are dedicated to a single physical processor. If (as I think we should) we pay per physical processor which will run CF we're only paying for one, or maybe two, licenses (CF can be installed on two processors with one license, but those processors must be on the same physical machine: it's unclear here how that would settle out.) In any case: at the most we'd be paying $12,000 to run CF on these two VM's and two physical processors. However under the current scheme we're paying at least $96,000 (32 processors * 16 2 Proc CF Enterprise Licenses) to legally license ALL 32 processors. More than that however we have to pay this on SEVERAL boxes. The Dev and Integration servers are in one, internally accessible, facility while the Staging and Production servers are in two other facilities (the Staging boxes also being configured as geographically separate disaster recovery boxes). So if the internal Dev and Integration VMs are on on box and the Staging VM is on another and two two production VMs on another (and if all these physical boxes are 32-way boxes) we're actually paying $288,000 to run CF on 5 physical processors. I think my math is pretty solid here. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:215500 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
