My interpretation of "per server" would be "per box" (or CEC in the zArch world). Of course, I'm not IBM.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements > > > This interesting little tidbit showed up today. It says that > the per-CPU > licensing for SLES8 on iSeries and pSeries is being changed to > "per-install." (The announcement also uses the term > "per-server install.") > > Perhaps someone from IBM could comment on this. Does this > mean that if > someone uses the hypervisor to create (for example) 10 Linux > LPARs, they > would be charged for 10 licenses, when they might have been > charged much > less on a per-CPU basis? It's rather vague, and I don't want > to spread > misinformation if I can avoid it. > > > Thanks, > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM iSource [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Software > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > _ 203342 Prices restructured: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for > iSeries and pSeries (5.1KB) > > http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?> it=usa_annred&on=203-342 >
