Kbase P17069: Is an appserver running against the db considered a user con
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
1/31/2003 |
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Status: Unverified
GOAL:
Is an appserver running against the db considered a user connection?
FIX:
There has been on-going discussion on the differences between the
·licensed user count· and the maximum number of users connecting to
the database (-n). One incorrect assumption that is made (for
example) is, if the database has 100 licensed user restriction, then
only 100 connections could be made to the database (remote clients,
local clients, including progress processes (APW, BIW, AIW, Watchdog
etc...). Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The purpose of this document is to clarify the differences between the
number of licensed users and the number of connections that can be
made to the database (-n)
The licensed user count must be at least equal to the total number of
simultaneous display devices running a Progress product or accessing a
Progress database or dataserver. A display device may access the
database directly on a host/terminal connection, via client-server
connection or via Progress AppServer. Please remember that all
products must be licensed for the peak number of users and background
jobs that are concurrently connecting and/or using the product.
Basically this means that if an individual is accessing and connecting
to the database from the same display devices (terminal and/or
machine), this counts as one licensed user, even though this
individual may have many sessions connecting to the database.
In addition, if a user is connecting to multiple databases using the
same user id and password (from the same display device) then the
connection still acts as one license user connecting to multiple
databases.
Of course in situations where one site is running multiple Progress
applications, licenses must be purchased for EACH application for both
the clients and database.
Please note, that all information is subject to change as new
terminology is introduced within the market and/or PSC. Also all
information has been obtained from Products, Policy and Configuration
Guide for V7,V8,V9. For more information on this, please contact
Progress Sales for any additional information.