I don't know how many people are running CF on 32-way systems, but the software vendor's dilemma is that a customer COULD tell the VM to run the product (in this case CF) on all 32 CPUs, then change the VM to run on only two CPUs when the software audit people come to town to check up on their systems.
Of course, with VMWare, said customer could just as easily migrate the entire VM image to a 2 processor server when the audit people come to town, so I don't see what actual effect this licensing retriction will have other than to cause problems for people trying to properly license their systems. I have a feeling we may see a lot more licensing issues like this one generally in the software industry as more people run on VMs instead of individual physical machines. How does Oracle address CPU licensing on VMs? I have to say I am getting fed up myself with all the problems I've had with VMs in the last year. >You may be able to limit the physical processors used by your VMs by setting >processor affinity appropriately; this may reduce your licensing >requirements. I believe that this is the case for SQL Server licensing - you >only have to purchase per-processor licenses for the processors actually >running SQL Server. > >Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >http://www.figleaf.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:215727 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
