I was going to ask about this, I recall it being mentioned about 
"grandfathering" and also having mixed deployments.

Would that mean you could per TB license one set of NSD servers (hosting only 1 
FS) that co-existed in a cluster with other traditionally licensed systems?

I would see having NSDs with different license models hosting the same FS being 
problematic, but if it were a different file-system?

Simon

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Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Strategies - servers with local SAS disks

The new volume based licensing option is I agree quite pricey per TB at first 
sight, but it could make some configuration choice, a lot cheaper than they 
used to be under the Client:FPO:Server model.
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