Re: Licensing

Joe: The licensing of an Informix database server is based on the number of clients that will be attaching to the database. as you mentioned at the bottom of your posting 50 users. The only way that you would be able to reduce the number of users is to reduce the number of clients attaching to the database via 4GL, I-Net/PC, ODBC, and so on. To reduce the number of clients attaching to the database the application would have to work through some sort of transaction monitor program, like Encina, Top-End, or Tuxedo. Typically, a transaction monitor is used in installations where there is a large number of users accessing the server (~300+). I can go on about the benefits of a TM but that is another thead, and you really don't need it with 6.0/7.x. With what you have mentioned in your posting, I don't believe that a TM would be cost effective. Talk to your Informix SE or VAR some more. Ron Delpiere-Smith reds@informix.com Joe Ventre (NCHG82A@prodigy.com) wrote: :> We are planning to use Informix as a client-server database with access :> through ODBC drivers to Paradox. In order to do this we need to buy and :> Informix I-net license and and ODBC driver license for each user who will :> interface with the database via Paradox. The question is how many :> licenses we need to Informix itself if only the system administrator will :> access it directly on the Unix server? :> Another possible scenario is using Informix's new NewEra software. That :> requires a license for each usr as well. Again we can't seem to find out :> how many licenses of Informix itself we need. :> A third scenario has all users gonig to Informix through a third party :> product. Informix is only the database it uses for storing its Index :> data when doing searches. Here, there is only 1 true Informix accessor, :> the third party server software. There may be up to 50 users running the :> Windows interface to that product. Again, how many Informix licenses do :> we need?