Marc
I hate to shatter the illusion, but I'm afraid that load balancing is only
enabled on the 'Desktop Unlimited Server License' and the 'High-End
Unlimited Server License'. The 'Workgroup Deployment Server License' (ie,
the 100tpm license) and below do not include 'Request Distribution'
capability. Though Apple's Software License defines Request Distribution as
'the ability to have an application installed on many servers in a network
such that requests can be distributed across those servers in order to
balance the load of requests being handled by the network', you will
actually find with the 100tpm license when you try to deploy that even
load-balancing across multiple app instances on the single WO server is
disabled.
-- I'd really like to be wrong about this; correct me if you can!
-- This is absolutely not made clear in any WO sales literature or licensing
notes that I've ever seen;
-- This is a major blow to our (intranet) deployments where we took the
multi-instance/single-server stuff to be an integral feature of Apple's WO
that would justify the relative expense vs ASP, only to find it disabled.
Regarding processors, all but the 'High-End Unlimited Server License' are
specifically restricted to single-processor only.
But, I fear myself straying back into the WO licensing discussion so I'll
stop. I was really just trying to answer your question. (BTW, this all
pertains to WO4.)
Regards
Garrick McFarlane
OO Type
Linklaters, London
-- not speaking for my employer --
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Respass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 1999 7:48 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: WO Scaling
> My client has an unlimted CPU license, so it seems to make sense to get a
> box dedicated to the app server which CPUs are just pumped in.
I thought that "CPU" refered to a computer. So $25,000 is unlimited for one
computer, regardless of the number of processors, and $50,000 is unlimited
for an unlimited number of computers. The former provides additional horse
power, the latter, load balancing. Also, I thought that any deployment
license (the $1500 dev license isn't really a deployment license) allows for
running multiple instances of an application on a single computer for a sort
of intra-server load balancing.
Am I correct on the above? I'd really like to be very clear on exactly what
each license allows and, unfortunately, that information is difficult to
come by.
Thanks
--Marc Respass
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