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Hi,
Can someone explain how the named-user licensing works? Also, has concurrent usage licensing gone away?
We have a need for an additional database to use for mapping/geo-coding purposes. The primary application will periodically perform a query against this new database to "look up" some mapping info. Essentially, the application will always maintain a handful of sessions to the mapping database. It may perform the lookup as often as 10 times an hour. The new database will essentially be read-only.
What is the definition of a "user" as it pertains to the licensing? The docs say NOT to allow the sharing of usernames for multiple concurrent users. Although the application may be hosting several users, no more than a handful would ever need to get data from the mapping database thus the idea of going cheap by buying say 5-10 named user licenses.
It seems that for a few $K that I could accomplish what I want with the database using named-user licensing rather than dropping $14K+ for a single-CPU license. We may also want to go with a dual-cpu box which would mean another $14k!
Am I treading a thin line here? I hope this makes sense.
As always, your feedback is appreciated!
-w
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