Re: IDS 11.5 licence question: virtual versus physical processors ?

Posted in 2008

Claus Samuelsen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:23:10 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Martin Thole wrote: > We are planning to migrate our database server to a VMware server. > The new machine will be a HP BladeServer with 2 Quadcore-processors (=8 > cores), > but the (virtual) Linux-OS will only use 2 (virtual) cpu cores. > > How many processor licences are necessary ? > Which database editons (Enterprise, Workgroup, Express) are > available for virtual machines ? > > Thanks > > Martin Thole > Aachen, Germany > > Take a look at Carlton Doe's concise article "Compare the Informix Dynamic Server Version 11 editions" http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/index.html?ca=drs- In very short - only enterprise edition can be licensed on a subcapacity deal.