Is it available unsupported? tedc
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Jeffrey Altman <[email protected] > wrote: > On 9/30/2012 4:33 PM, Aaron Knister wrote: > > Regarding support, some type of subscription based model could go a long > way. One if the reasons (other than frankly ignorance) that OpenAFS was > frowned upon at UMBC was our lack of commercial support. I know there are > entities that provide support but they seemed to require more effort than > clicking a button, selecting my subscription type (X number of FileServers, > Y number of "supported" clients, Z number of vldb servers, etc), and typing > in a credit card number > > I have always received a significant amount of pushback for any pricing > model that is based upon # of servers and especially # of clients. That > is why the YFSI pricing model is based upon number a number of support > incidents. It doesn't matter how many platforms you deploy or how many > servers or number of clients, support is driven by how much support the > organization requires and whether support is U.S. business hours monday > to friday or 24/7/365. > > Support packages start at US$4995 per year. > > Jeffrey Altman > > >
