What Ed said.

Great guys to deal with.

Licenseing yeah, is based on number of media servers and clients, as
well as the number of named Oracle users (usedIDs that will log into the
portal.)

IIRC, you get 5 oracle named users per media server license, and can buy
5 or 10 packs after that.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
> Sent: August 4, 2005 6:12 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Storage Reporting Software
> 
> 
> Aptare isn't like most vendors.  Good honest folks who stand behind
> their products.  You'll get a quote fairly quickly without 
> the song and
> dance.
> 
> The licensing model has changed over the years and I believe that they
> currently license based on the number of clients you have.  They no
> longer license by the number of tape drives.  I think you'll need to
> know the number of masters, the number of media servers, and 
> the number
> of clients.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
> Sent: August 4, 2005 6:12 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Storage Reporting Software
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 04:55:21PM -0500, Lewick, Taylor wrote:
> > I know, I was just hoping to avoid the hell that is 
> engaging with yet
> > another vendor before we are really ready.  You have to go 
> through an
> > entire song and dance to simply say, "by the way how much does your
> > product cost."
> 
> Aptare isn't like most vendors.  Good honest folks who stand behind
> their products.  You'll get a quote fairly quickly without 
> the song and
> dance.
> 
> The licensing model has changed over the years and I believe that they
> currently license based on the number of clients you have.  They no
> longer license by the number of tape drives.  I think you'll need to
> know the number of masters, the number of media servers, and 
> the number
> of clients.
> 
> -- 
> Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
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