Hi,
We've just ordered our first 515 for a customer, and i will post a short
review as soon as we have the machine.
As far as the licensing is concerned, we have the following information
from our distributor (which may or may not be true, as licenses are
legal documents, and I'm by no means a legal person).
Licensing is done by user. Not by session.
A user is someone who authenticates against the System i. If the
authentication uses user profiles, that counts. If the authentication is
a java web application which uses a normal PF for user profiles, that
counts too. Pricing is 2000 CHF per 5 users. (Almost triple what
Microsoft charges for the Small Business Server CALs).
Access from users outside of the company requires an external users
entitlement, which grants an ulimited users to access your system.
Pricing is 6000 CHF for this feature.
There is no technical enforcement of the licensing rules. (Honestly, it
would be pretty impossible).
We did some calculations, and we've come up with the following prices:
520 with unlimited users 600CPW, 70GB Mirrored, 1/4 Inch Tape, 2GB, XW1,
QU1, PSF 1-45, 1 Year Subscription included
28000 CHF
515 with 5 users 3800CPW, 70GB Mirrored, 4mm Tape, XW1, QU1, PSF 1-45,
Upgrade to One year
21000 CHF (#6010)
515 with 5 users 3800CPW, 70GB Mirrored, 1/4 Inch Tape, XW1, QU1,
PSF1-45, ST1, 1 Year included
21500 CHF (#6011)
At 2000 per 5 users, it's clear where the line for users has to be
drawn.
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mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Wenzloff
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:13 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 515 and 525 user licensing
Group,
I guess I didn't grasp the discussion on the new licensing counts very
well.
We have 177 user profiles on our system. 49 of them start with 'Q'.
Sometimes we sign on as QSECOFR but the rest are not used to sign on.
So I figure I need 1 seat for the 'Q' profiles - perhaps 2 if I count
QSYSOPR.
I have about 40 RF terminals in the factory that sign on as 5250
sessions using a user profile for each terminal. Multiple workers use
each terminal entering a badge number for their transactions - the OS
shouldn't care about that. So currently these terminals would need 40
seats. Right? But what if I change it so there is only one user profile
that signs onto 40 devices. Do I only need 1 seat now for the
factory?
I don't have any 'external users' using the system.
I'm thinking we need about a 100 user 525 but not sure exactly how to
count it.
I hope they go over this at COMMON.
Greg
midrange.com
