How many licenses do I need?

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF306A.A18CC68C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, I'm planning to install an Informix 4gl application in three sites. In each one there are ten concurrent users aproximately. Each site work alone without connections with the others. My questions are: How many Informix Workgroup Server licenses do I need to purchase? Do I need to buy three groups of licences with 10 users each? Can I buy one Informix Server with 30 client licenses and distribute they across my three sites or more sites? How many Informix 4GL licenses do I need? Thanks for your help M. Ortiz Informix Developer :) ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF306A.A18CC68C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2232.0"> <TITLE>How many licenses do I need?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hi, I'm planning to install an = Informix 4gl application in three sites. In each one there are ten = concurrent users aproximately. Each site work alone without connections = with the others.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">My questions are: </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">How many Informix Workgroup Server = licenses do I need to purchase?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Do I need to buy three groups of = licences with 10 users each?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Can I buy one Informix Server with 30 = client licenses and distribute they across my three sites or more = sites?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">How many Informix 4GL licenses do I = need?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks for your help</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">M. Ortiz</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Informix Developer</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">:)</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF306A.A18CC68C--

In article <80se20$9q4$1@news.xmission.com>, Ortiz Manuel <mortiz@gtireecu.com> wrote: > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF306A.A18CC68C > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, I'm planning to install an Informix 4gl application in three sites. In > each one there are ten concurrent users aproximately. Each site work alone > without connections with the others. > > My questions are: > > How many Informix Workgroup Server licenses do I need to purchase? > Do I need to buy three groups of licences with 10 users each? > Can I buy one Informix Server with 30 client licenses and distribute they > across my three sites or more sites? > How many Informix 4GL licenses do I need? > > Thanks for your help > > M. Ortiz > Informix Developer > > :) I once wrote an application (in ESQL/C, not 4GL) that I distributed across some 450 machines. According to the Informix rep I spoke to, as long as they were all attaching to the same database, the runtime libraries were freely distributable. If you are planning to connect to 3 different servers, you will probably need 3 10 user licences. If all of the apps are connecting to 1 server, you would need 1 30 user licence. But remember, that's CONCURRENT users. You might be able to get away with less if you don't plan on the application being extremely busy. By concurrent users, they mean concurrent queries, so if the app only does 1 query every minute, you could get away with a 10 user licence, depending on how long the query runs. Check onstat -g mgm. I forget which gate is for concurrent queries, but I'm sure it's in the doc somewhere... -- # unrm / ksh: unrm: not found # man cpio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Hi mars, mars1972@my-deja.com schrieb: > In article <80se20$9q4$1@news.xmission.com>, > Ortiz Manuel <mortiz@gtireecu.com> wrote: > > > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not > understand > > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF306A.A18CC68C > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hi, I'm planning to install an Informix 4gl application in three > sites. In > > each one there are ten concurrent users aproximately. Each site work > alone > > without connections with the others. > > > > My questions are: > > > > How many Informix Workgroup Server licenses do I need to purchase? > > Do I need to buy three groups of licences with 10 users each? > > Can I buy one Informix Server with 30 client licenses and distribute > they > > across my three sites or more sites? > > How many Informix 4GL licenses do I need? > > > > Thanks for your help > > > > M. Ortiz > > Informix Developer > > > > :) > > I once wrote an application (in ESQL/C, not 4GL) that I distributed > across some 450 machines. According to the Informix rep I spoke to, as > long as they were all attaching to the same database, the runtime > libraries were freely distributable. If you are planning to connect to > 3 different servers, you will probably need 3 10 user licences. If all > of the apps are connecting to 1 server, you would need 1 30 user > licence. But remember, that's CONCURRENT users. You might be able to > get away with less if you don't plan on the application being extremely > busy. By concurrent users, they mean concurrent queries, so if the app > only does 1 query every minute, you could get away with a 10 user > licence, depending on how long the query runs. Check onstat -g mgm. I > forget which gate is for concurrent queries, but I'm sure it's in the > doc somewhere... > Does it mean that I only need a license for concurrent activ queries ? We are using Informix-SE in the moment and I only can see the active processes. There are a view sqlexec proceses running. The other connects are sleeping. I need a license for the simultaneous processes ? cu Dirk > -- > # unrm / > ksh: unrm: not found > # man cpio > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

In article <3833BEA4.69EDD8DE@stueken.de>, Dirk Niemeier <dirk.niemeier@stueken.de> wrote: > Hi mars, > > mars1972@my-deja.com schrieb: > > > Does it mean that I only need a license for concurrent activ queries ? > We are using Informix-SE in the moment and I only can see the active > processes. There are a view > sqlexec proceses running. The other connects are sleeping. I need a > license for the simultaneous processes ? > cu > Dirk > For Informix-SE I don't know. Are the other sqlexecs that are sleeping actually causing users to wait? Or are the users really just not doing anything at the time. The reason I ask is that I'm not sure that SE bothers to check licencing. I happen to have a small SE database here with over a hundred users attached to it and Informix doesn't seem to care. (I know, I know, SE w/ more than 20 people is bad... it wasn't my idea...) -- # unrm / ksh: unrm: not found # man cpio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Hi, mars1972@my-deja.com schrieb: > In article <3833BEA4.69EDD8DE@stueken.de>, > Dirk Niemeier <dirk.niemeier@stueken.de> wrote: > > Hi mars, > > > > mars1972@my-deja.com schrieb: > > > > > > Does it mean that I only need a license for concurrent activ queries ? > > We are using Informix-SE in the moment and I only can see the active > > processes. There are a view > > sqlexec proceses running. The other connects are sleeping. I need a > > license for the simultaneous processes ? > > cu > > Dirk > > > > For Informix-SE I don't know. Are the other sqlexecs that are sleeping > actually causing users to wait? No, the programs are waiting for user activity. There is only a open connection to the database. My reason to ask is, because we will change to ids2000 and I dont't know if we really need the 64 user licenses (every license about $1400). Dirk > Or are the users really just not doing > anything at the time. The reason I ask is that I'm not sure that SE > bothers to check licencing. I happen to have a small SE database here > with over a hundred users attached to it and Informix doesn't seem to > care. (I know, I know, SE w/ more than 20 people is bad... it wasn't my > idea...) > -- > # unrm / > ksh: unrm: not found > # man cpio > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.