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Compare the Informix Version 11 editions -
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/
IBM Informix Growth Edition — Available on all supported operating systems, this edition is perfect for mid-sized companies or departmental servers in an enterprise deployment. This edition can be deployed on up to 16 cores over a maximum of 4 sockets and 16GB of RAM operating from the same Install. Informix Growth Edition can be licensed by Authorized User Single Install, PVU, Floating User Single Session Single Install, and Limited Use Socket (LU Socket) metrics. LU Socket enables licensing by physical processor socket. LU Socket licensing is limited to physical servers with no more than four physical processor sockets. You may purchase licenses for up to four physical sockets and use up to 16 processor cores. You are not allowed to create a physical or logical partition of up to four processor sockets on a larger server and purchase a LU socket license.
В данном случае, лицензируются не каждое процессорное ядро, а совокупность ядер в процессорном сокете!!!
Вы лицензируете не активные процессорные ядра (или часть их) на сервере, а активный процессорный сокет, ядра которого
будут использоваться для работы Informix.
Limited Use Socket (LU Socket) — Available only on Informix Growth Edition, this allows for licensing on a physical socket potentially containing multiple cores. A LU Socket license is required for each active processor socket. This licensing metric can only be used on a physical server with no more than four physical sockets. You may purchase licenses for up to four physical sockets and use up to 16 cores.
Если на Вашем сервере, установлено два процессорных сокета, а Вы хотите использовать только один процессорный сокет, то
Вы можете использовать лицензию LU Soket (
Sub-Capacity Licensing ) только для одного процессорного сокета. В данном случае, Вы юридически берете на себя ответственность, что данное лицинзионное соглашение будет соблюдаться.
Вот ключевая фраза !!!
If Licensee's use of the Program is not eligible for sub-capacity licensing based on these terms and conditions, Licensee must acquire LU Socket entitlements for all Sockets on the Server on which the Program is installed. The LU Socket entitlements are specific to the Program and may not be exchanged, interchanged, or aggregated with LU Socket entitlements of another software program.
Limited Use Socket
Limited Use Socket (LU Socket) is a unit of measure by which the Program can be licensed. A Limited Use Socket is an electronic circuitry that accepts a processor chip that meets the maximum processor cores per socket authorized use terms and conditions in the IBM Express and Middleware Licensing Guide at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/smb/pdfs/LicensingGuide.pdf . A Server is a physical computer that is comprised of processing units, memory, and input/output capabilities and that executes requested procedures, commands, or applications for one or more users or client devices. Where racks, blade enclosures, or other similar equipment is being employed, each separable physical device (e.g., a blade or a rack-mounted device) that has the required components is considered itself a separate Server. A processor chip is electronic circuitry containing one or more processor cores that plugs into a Socket. A processor core is a functional unit within a computing device that interprets and executes program instructions, and consists of at least an instruction control unit and one or more arithmetic or logic units. Licensee must obtain entitlements for each Socket on the Server on which the Program is installed.
If the Program is eligible for sub-capacity licensing, Licensee may be permitted to license less than all Sockets on the Server. Sub-capacity licensing terms, conditions and eligibility requirements for LU Socket-licensed programs are described in the Sub-capacity Guide at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/smb/pdfs/SubcapacityGuide.pdf . If Licensee's use of the Program is not eligible for sub-capacity licensing based on these terms and conditions, Licensee must acquire LU Socket entitlements for all Sockets on the Server on which the Program is installed. The LU Socket entitlements are specific to the Program and may not be exchanged, interchanged, or aggregated with LU Socket entitlements of another software program.
LICENSE INFORMATION
The Programs listed below are licensed under the following terms and conditions in addition to those of the International Program License Agreement.
Program Name: IBM Informix Growth Edition V11.70
Program Number: 5725-A40
С уважением,
Вадим Головский
PS: С Рождеством Христовым!
